One of the things I have an allergic reaction to playing, especially as a black actor, is the mandatory kind of best friend/cop/detective type. You will never see me in that movie.

I do think how two people dance with each other is indicative of how they feel about each other. It can tell a lot more than a verbal scene.

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

I gravitate towards anything that feels challenging to me, that feels like it's gonna be saying something a bit different and new to the audience, and anything that moves me. I do movies that I would want to see, so I don't necessarily gravitate towards any genre in particular. I just try and do the best work I can and also try to keep the audience guessing.

The perception of Africa, whether in the U.S. or in Europe, is of a continent that needs help, and cannot pull itself up. That is just not true.

People have compact to go beyond our own culture and upbringing to a degree that I think we don't acknowledge enough really.

I think the notion that we are different just because of skin color, and that we should be kept apart or kept from interbreeding, is very hurtful.