People sometimes say, "What is your dream role?" I don't really have a dream role. I'll know it when I see it.

It [Moonlight movie] deals with drug addiction, drug dealing, and single parenthood, but they are three dimensional characters. You understand where they are from and what they are trying to do with their lives. It is not a stereotype that has been pasted onto somebody. These are stories that come from Barry's [ Jenkins] and Tarell's [Alvin McCraney] mothers.

I love to sing. I'm definitely not a very good singer, but when I'm in my shower I get down for sure.

My goal has always been to try to live up to every ounce of my potential.

Politically, nowadays, as we know and feel, we are similarly underrepresented and not heard.

When you're playing Shakespeare, it forces you to think and feel and speak all at the same time, which really is what acting is. It expands your imagination and expands your size of thinking.

I definitely want to work with people who are artists and who are interested in being their best version of themselves.