America makes up its own mind about what it wants to see.

It is important to keep your head up and follow what you believe is right.

It is important to tell good stories. You can tell stories even if they are not huge, epic, and wonderful. You can still take the responsibility for being a scribe of your tribe.

I had been working early in my life in films - since I was 11.

I applied to American Repertory School up at Harvard at got in.

We make a contract within ourselves as actors or directors or writers about how much of ourselves we let into projects. You can actually figure out before you work on something how much blood you will have to let emotionally.

Rap is rhythm and poetry. Hip-hop is storytelling and poetry as well.