Lethal Weapon 2 used the platform to talk about the apartheid system. That was a very important moment for us.

The exceptionalism of a black U.S. President is not important to me. It's what he does - and who he has at the table.

There is a lack of leadership outside the Beltway, outside of politics.

What happened to Haiti is a threat that could happen anywhere in the Caribbean to these island nations, you know, because of global warming, because of climate change and all this.

Every day of my life I walk with the idea that I am black, no matter how successful I am. And our success is tempered by that; you're successful in this way given the fact you are black, and most blacks don't get to that point.

I didn't elect [Barack] Obama because he's a black; I voted for Obama because he was the right person at the time.

Did you know a child is orphaned by AIDS every 15 seconds. Millions of children are going it alone. Missing their childhood. Missing their mother. Missing their father. AIDS is devastating families around the globe. Children are missing your support. Unite for children. Unite against AIDS.