Kendrick Sampson

“I work really hard, and muscles don't come naturally for me, so I like to show my progress and encourage others.”

“I've always wanted to play the villain. You get to be morally corrupt. You don't get to do that in real life.”

“My typical Saturday night is a great solo dinner at one of my favorite restaurants. I like to talk to the restaurant staff while I eat, then come home, finish up some work until midnight, and then play the keyboard until I'm ready to sleep.”

“My mom was heavily in the arts; my entire family, they're all musicians and draw. They have much more artistic talent than me!”

“Every guy has to own a good pair of sweats. Any good workout gear, really.”

“My dad was abusive. And so he would say, 'You're my favorite.' Being a favorite of an abusive parent is not really a good thing, necessarily.”

“I'm from Houston, Texas.”

“I've always been a huge fan of Kanye.”

“I'm an over-communicator a lot of the time.”

“Every time I see Leonardo DiCaprio in a movie, I'm like, 'Dude, you're awesome. I want to be just like you when I grow up.'”

“I used to like Norse mythology, Greek mythology, Egyptian mythology. All mythology!”

“I eat mostly vegetables and meat.”

“I am pretty strict with my diet because I have some stomach health problems.”

“I would love to, on one project, play a villain. Any kind of villain. Any kind of antagonist. Somebody who's just rotten but fun, or the anti-hero.”

“I love driving around Hancock Park. I think it was designed in the 1920s, and it still has that feel. The streetlamps and trees that line the streets are all the same. It's beautiful and peaceful, and it's right in the middle of L.A.”

“I don't shop much, but my go-to brands are Topman, John Varvatos, AllSaints, Marc Jacobs, and Theory. Of course I like Nike; that's a given.”

“I do my best to choose projects that I believe highlight different things or at least provide some sort of progression for people of color.”

“I'm big on being anti-stereotypical and fighting negative stereotypes.”

“In order for a person of color to get on a cover of a magazine, they have to do something prolific - winning an Oscar, being the first billionaire, you know, or whatever. I think it's becoming more natural that somebody can get on the cover of a magazine just because they're an amazing person. That's what it should be.”

“Light-skinned privilege is largely through a white lens. It is exploited by oppressive forces... It was always a facade.”