Not too many people can say they love what they do and they really like the people they work with.

I like movies. Movies have afforded me a modicum of luxuries. The thing about the movies is, if you're bad in a movie, you're bad forever.

As an actor, the only thing we can do is play the truth at that moment. Because at any point in time if you play the future, or you play that you know something that the audience does not know, it kills the illusion of reality.

One thing that I've been very vocal about roles I take, and my representation has been very smart about, is that I didn't go to Juilliard to be "Thug #2" in movies. I like to be challenged. I'd say that about 40% of the roles I've done have been written for white men.

People don't come to Marvel movies for personal life subplots, no.

At Juilliard, I couldn't afford to have fun. I went to school and stayed home.

If you look at the true essence of the Black Panthers, they were more of a community protection group.