When I did A Soldier's Story, I was very young and green and thought I knew everything-now I know I know everything!

If it ain't on a page, it ain't on a stage.

If you don't love your fellow man, women, person, then you don't have anything. If you don't treat your neighbor as you would want to be treated that to me is the fundamental message.

There's racism everywhere.

I think a role model is a mentor - someone you see on a daily basis, and you learn from them.

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."

When I was a child I thought I saw an angel. It had wings and kinda looked like my sister. I opened the door so some light could come into the room, and it sort of faded away. My mother said it was probably my Guardian Angel.