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“I've been able to pay the bills. I've been able to pay off my student loans. I was a homeowner before anything happened in the larger public eye.”
“The work of acting, in and of itself, is something that is infinitely enjoyable.”
“Muhammad Ali was the greatest of all time. But what made him even greater was what he did outside the ring.”
“I was at Stanford University up in the West Coast Bay Area, so the biggest song of my freshman year was 'I Got 5 on It' by Luniz, and the 'I Got 5 on It' remix was the joint that everybody was jamming constantly. And then it was also at that particular time that I became a fan of the Wu-Tang Clan.”
“As a father of two black sons now, you ask yourself, 'What do I have to do to assure the safety of these boys?' It can be daunting.”
“I don't want to try to fool people into thinking that I'm something that I'm not.”
“The beauty of theater is that you get to live the character from beginning to end without stopping. The natural momentum of the story propels you through in such a way that feels organic.”
“With any character you portray, you can never play the end in the beginning. You have to pursue and attack your intention as if they're going to be successful.”
“I think O. J. Simpson was a very prominent figure in the African-American community. He was sort of a manifestation of the American dream: 'If it can happen for him, it can happen for me.'”
“The most fundamental important thing for me as an actor is maintaining a sense of play. It's so important.”
“I'm always trying to find ways to evolve. Evolution, for me, is a very spiritual thing, getting closer to the creator, closer to God, and becoming a better version of yourself.”
“The humanity that is given to other people isn't given to us. There is an expendability that comes along with being African American.”
“I think the therapeutic part of acting is allowing myself to step into another human being's shoes. It allows me the ability to release judgment, if I had any judgment to begin with. It's an opportunity to understand rather than to stand outside and point fingers.”
“Before I was an actor, I was a fan.”
“I do believe that for me, my own personal journey has been one in which my voice has also been appreciated.”