I never wanted to lose out on an acting job and wonder if I hadn't been trained enough.

I try to make my bed every day for mental health. Coming home to an unmade bed or a room with clothes all over will depress me.

To be known by the public, honestly. People come up and tell them how good I make them feel.

My grandmother was born in 1900, and she would regale me with tales I call 'Little House on the Prairie' tales, but they were tales of segregated and racist America growing up in Alabama and Mississippi, where she came from.

I’ve tried actively to define myself and redefine myself, and not be pigeonholed.

I wanted to be a leading man - the black lawyer, the black doctor, the black policeman.

As I get older, my sense of humor is my biggest asset.