I've been doing this since I was 10 years old, inhabiting different people and playing different roles.

I think that it's much more important to do than to say. And you learn that a lot from your kids, who are watching you, you know?

Every time I've learned something, I've realized there are a hundred more things I don't know about the thing I just learned.

I think we should all be more concerned about the environment and the effects of global warming. It will be pointless to talk about all the issues that divide us when it's 300 degrees outside.

If anyone ever said biopic I would say, "It's not a biopic." We're fighting uphill against the weight of history. I was like, why don't we just call it historical fiction?

And it's not just black people. That's the other thing about this issue, it's conflated with just black and white and it's not that at all. It's diversity, it's something that looks more like the landscape of the country. And it's not about then we get the statues we deserve, it's not that. It's that everyone should be able to participate in this silly contest, which is how I feel about it.

I've never been a part of a film before that offers such a platform into real issues, that raises social awareness and has the potential to change things.