There's nothing more stressful than your stomach growling.

I think you realize how much you need to have people that you love. It's not as much about them loving you - it's about you needing to love people.

Some people would view Jackie Robinson as a very safe African-American, a docile figure who had a tendency to try to get along with everyone, and when you look at his history, you learn that he has this fire that allows him to take this punishment but also figure out savvy ways of giving it back.

Guys are natural problem solvers - they like to have strategies.

I wasn't a comic book geek as a kid. I read some, but it was just like, "Oh, I have this comic book here." It wasn't like I was collecting them.

I majored in directing. However, I did spend some time at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, so I am somewhat well-versed in African Studies.

When it comes down to it, I'd rather have an action figure than a Golden Globe.