I hated high school and got to college and realized they didn't care if I showed up because I'd already paid. So I decided, 'I'm going to turn this around.' And I did: I got straight A's and was named 'outstanding senior.

In many ways, acting is really like a science to me to figure out the human behavior of any character that I'm playing.

My life is about being a civil rights activist. That's my life. Whoever you are, everyone, we either have civil rights or we don't. It's for everyone.

Personally, I am a church-going Christian. I love my church, my congregation; it's my favorite place to be.

I love math. I have little secret number tattoos everywhere. I design them.

My whole goal was to be able to work in television and film and maintain a normal life, never be in a tabloid.

I was a bartender in New York and I overheard this girl saying she made $3000 doing a commercial. A kid at work told me, 'Hey, I know this director and he'd really like you!'. So I walked into this guy's office and was like 'I was thinking maybe I could make $3000' and he hired me for commercials, short films, like 15 jobs in a row.