There's a nimble quality to the way a television actor can work. When that muscle gets strong it's a very valuable thing.

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.

I hear God as an audible voice.

Considering how pervasive interracial marriage is, certainly in American society, it is rare we get to see it depicted on film.

I know that there is still a lot of bitterness and anger, and arguably justifiably so, when you think about how brutal slavery was and what its brutal legacy still is.

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

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.