It's fascinating to work with a company of actors of such different ages, experience and talents. I'm one of a generation brought up on television whose acting is more 'naturalistic', whereas with some of the older generation it's more heightened. But I think there's room for both styles.

Dr. Martin Luther King was never a man to say 'I've got this' as the leader of the movement. He wasn't always sure that his decisions were correct, because he knew every decision he made was putting lives at risk, including his and his family's lives.

Don't send me your script if you want me to play the black best friend; I just won't do that.

Africa is trying to find its way back to a sense of itself, when much of that was lost through colonization.

If you merely focus on what we already know, then it's not revelatory. You may as well just go and watch a documentary or a few videos on Youtube, and you're good.

I truly believe that we cannot come to a place of reconciliation until there is individual repentance and corporate repentance.

I don't have a tailor, but I do love clothes.