I know that I will never find my father in any other man who comes into my life, because it is a void in my life that can only be filled by him.

First of all, I'm not pretty. I'm not a world class beauty, ladies and gentlemen. I'm just a guy. I was slow going and stuff like that. I was just never that brand of news.

Just to be true to myself, which is why I did this movie. I figured everyone was going to freak out and say, 'Why would you do that after Dorothy Dandridge?' My answer is 'Because I can.' And that feels really good to be comfortable saying that.

I don't know why, but I respond well to tortured characters.

You have to get the audience invested even if you're doing something that they think is dumb, it's kind of what these movies are all about.

I knew that I was a good writer in high school and won awards, and I was the editor of my school newspaper. So I knew that I was a good writer and I wanted to somehow capitalize and sort of utilize a talent that I thought I had.

Women slave for their hair! It's all about how we compare ourselves to other women, how we size ourselves up.