If I can look at each character that I am given and create them in a different way from the last role, I'm happy.

When I listen to my scene partners and listen to their breathing allows me to be connected to them in scenes. I am not trying to multi task, not trying to talk on the phone, but in my character.

What helps me is yogic breathing, dropping my spiritual level where I am really, really clear that I am playing a character.

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.

My rule is simply "love what you do". That certainly has brought me to the place I where am at right now. It really has been with the work.

I know from teaching, that actors want to act. Even the subtlest actors can do a little too much.

I feel that if you can transcend the color of your skin, with your talent, why carry that as a badge or a label?