One of the occupational hazards of being an actor, the reason why so many actors are insecure, is that the only way we know we're good is when other people tell us.

I was sometimes called 'coconut' when I was at school.

One of the things I have an allergic reaction to playing, especially as a black actor, is the mandatory kind of best friend/cop/detective type. You will never see me in that movie.

You can’t have people curating culture in this way when we need to see things in order to reform from them.

If you merely focus on what we already know, then it's not revelatory. You may as well just go and watch a documentary or a few videos on Youtube, and you're good.

I don't have a tailor, but I do love clothes.

Excellence is the best weapon against prejudice.

Find the audience, be excellent, and you will be fine.

I truly believe that one of the things that has been lacking in the USA is a spirit of repentance about the injustices of slavery and the injustices of segregation and racism generally.

We can't afford to deny our past in a bid to be empowered. But what we can do is contextualize the past.

Considering that I'm British and I talk the way I do, I love it when a director takes a chance on me.

He who is flexible masters the day.

A skilled listener can help people tap into their own wisdom.

Great men may jest with saints 'tis wit in them But in the less foul profanation.

Hey 'Bachelor,' take notes! Trusting one another and sharing a journey to health leads to lasting relationships!

I was raised not to be rude, but I also try to get the best work out of people.

Extreme sport has only ever been about goals and the ways to achieve these goals. Adrenaline plays a part, but it's never in the foreground.

I was the first athlete, from a training standpoint, with Adidas to have their own signature shoe.

Human language appears to be a unique phenomenon, without significant analogue in the animal world.

Books that you may carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are the most useful after all.

What do I believe? I do not know; I do not know; I do not know.