I feel that we have come a long way as American people, and we have to start looking at ourselves as human beings.

In my culture, my mother's sisters are also my mother. And my father's sisters are my mother's, too. So I have many mothers. My mom has a fierce love for her children. And she's known to say things like if you die I'll kill you.

I never like to refer back to anything I've done when I'm working on a character, even if that character has the same occupation.

There is a price to pay for most of our actions. For every action, there is a reaction.

There is a dream that the world could be at peace, but that requires that all the folks with arms disarm, or take over all the arms and allow us to trust them.

I feel that sometimes, holding yourself as black, saying that is your sole identity, can sometimes stand in your way of being a member of the humanity of man, being a member of the family of the divine.

I can only control what I do. I can try to suggest and be open, but trust is the key.