I came from a divorced mother and father, obviously mixed race.

Well, with each character that I play in my life as an actor, I try to figure out how to find the challenge.

For me, what I try to heal is the major thing that I think all of us go through, where we came from. From our family of origin.

I'm not someone who is a fan of a lot of violence.

I take things very seriously, and I give myself time to come down and to ramp up, and it's an inside spiritual journey for me. I feel like acting is a way of feeling your personality, and it's really special. Special to have this kind of effect on people. You can only have that effect if you're really outside of yourself. You can't look at yourself and do what I do at the same time. I have done it that way in the past, but it doesn't really work. I can only soar within the parameters of time, and I use music analogies.

I don't think anyone is black and white and I think we change our minds and our attitudes about certain things as we grow to our maturity.

Cable was a blessing for me. Thank god, I've done a show that's going to be iconic. So, if I screw up, it's all right because I already have something that's going to be iconic.