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 also believe that you are what you have to defend, and if you're a black man that's always going to be the bar against which you are judged, whether you want to align yourself with those themes or not. You can think of yourself as a colourless person, but nobody else is gonna.

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

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

The best thing that I learned from the best directors that I worked with is that the best answer wins. They are ego-less when it comes to doing the most important thing.

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