The more confident one becomes, the less one needs all people to be the same.

You tend to be afraid when someone seems foreign to you. But if you aren't careful, that can lead to bigotry.

I want word of mouth to be our biggest voice.

If black people mistrust white people, they are mistrusting racism, and that is appropriate.

As the middle begins to feel safe enough to accept some of the so-called radical thinking, ideas move to the middle and a new edge is created.

Our history is a passion for me. I feel that we leave out so much information and huge gaps in the American story and it makes it hard for people to really understand that we are all intricately related as Americans. So I am attracted to historically based projects because we entertain and learn something at the same time. I just love that combination.

I always try to honor a character by being honest and truthful to who they are, in spite of my own personality and beliefs.