If you look hard enough, you can find race issues and racism in everything. I know people who say, 'See, I don't play pool 'cuz that's where the white ball chase the black ball off the table. So I prefer bowling, where the big black ball knock down the white pins with the red necks.'

In movies, I have had the opportunity of working with some of the people that I respect very much.

I've had a lot of people tell me they wish I were their principal.

When you wear a fresh pair of shoes, you feel like you can never die. You feel like you're gonna live forever.

There is a lot going on in high schools, and I think what we portray is fairly accurate

It is a different genre - a show about something other than doctors, lawyers and cops. Teachers are something completely different. I think it makes for very interesting television

Teachers are out there with a very difficult job, which they pursue with tireless dedication.