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

One truth that I know for sure, for me anyway, is that the more you know, the more you realize that you don't know.

So often when Black men have to play roles on TV, we're either the noble savage or we're completely a savage, and there's no nuance.

I prefer film to TV because of the amount of time film affords you that TV doesn't (though theater is probably my favorite and the scariest place of all).

I pray that our leaders stop pointing fingers and playing the blame game and seek a real solution for the good of the planet and all who inhabit 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.

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.