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.

I understand what's it like to work all week and on Friday night just want to go and leave your brain at the door, buy some popcorn and be thrilled by something.

I imagine it was much different in the 1970s. That was the Renaissance for black actors, albeit in blaxploitation movies. There was a much greater preponderance of work then than there is now.

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.

We're not talking about you scored more points than me and I know that you won and I lost, those are clear results. This is about people's opinions and their subjective takes on things, people that sometimes haven't seen all of the movies they're voting on.

You should do what you're supposed to do and hope that that ripples out.

I was about to write that in the future I would chose my words more carefully but I'm sure I won't.