I'd be more frightened by not using whatever abilities I'd been given. I'd be more frightened by procrastination and laziness.

True desire in the heart for anything good is God's proof to you sent beforehand to indicate that it's yours already.

I even asked [Saniyya Sidney] why she wanted to be an actor and she said, "I'm serious about this. These other little kids they want to play, and I don't have time for that."

I'm very proud to be black, but black is not all I am. That's my cultural historical background, my genetic make-up, but it's not all of who I am nor is it the basis from which I answer every question.

I had a lot of success from the start. I never really was tested for long periods of time. I got my first professional job while I was a senior in college. I signed with the William Morris Agency before I graduated.

In Los Angeles, everyone is a star.

It's not what you know, it's what you can prove.