The great thing about really heightened historical dramas is that they can convey much larger themes.

I would define success as setting a goal for yourself and then accomplishing it. I think successful people set out to do something and then just do it. They know before they accomplish their goal that they will, in fact, accomplish it.

I want to be remembered as someone who tried their best and hopefully succeeded.

All actors have their own unique path when it comes to the development of their training and careers.

My repertoire is small, but I can make a pretty tasty pasta sauce from scratch.

A dream role is a role that you can't even picture for yourself. Everything I've ever played I never pictured I would get a chance to play. It [has] gone beyond my wildest dreams. One thing I would love to do in my lifetime is a movie musical. I've wanted to do that since I was a kid. That's what made me interested in acting in the first place. I would do any type of musical, but I love the Harlem Renaissance era. I think a dream role in something that I probably can't see and I don't know when it's going to come.

I feel comfortable in the US, the UK and in Ghana. They are all home to me in some way.