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

We're always trailing, as far as the amount of roles that are written for us and the films that are being made that have black characters in them. I don't know if that's going to change.

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?

Living by example - that's always a better teacher than trying to preach.

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.

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

It is the least represented among us who will be the most affected first. We have a moral responsibility to protect them.