Because I was aspirational, I did my work, I was respectful to my teachers, I experienced a lot of bullying from the black kids. My friends were largely white or Asian.

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

I consider myself a human being, a Christian, a father, a husband, so many things, before being a black person.

Whether we like to admit it or not, as artists, we do project our own worldview on to what we do.

My ambition is to keep the audience guessing... that is my path to a long career.

We're not served by only knowing our finest hours through film or media, or in the history that we are taught. I think the only way we have a chance to not make the same mistakes again, is to historically understand the bad behavior and mistakes we've made previously.

You're always looking for roles and other creatives who are going to be challenging to you, because you're always a better actor after the experience.