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.

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 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?

People have always been obsessed by celebrities. There are just more outlets and opportunities to make a living exploiting that obsession nowadays.

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

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.

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.