At the end of the day, we're people and we should fight for each other and we should make sure the well-being of each one of us is taken care of.
Jay EllisWhen you go out and audition, you're going to hear a lot of 'No's.' As weird as it may sound, you almost have to love hearing 'no' because you're going to hear it way more than you hear 'yes'.
Jay EllisGhana is one of the countries in Western Africa that still has quite a few of their slave castles still standing.
Jay EllisI quit my job and for almost two years I didn't tell anyone, not even my family or friends. And for those two years I enrolled in acting classes. I acted in some capacity every single day.
Jay EllisWe [African-Americans] are nearly half of all of the new cases of HIV every year, but we only represent 13 percent of the [U.S.] population. So, this is something that's literally bombarding our community, non-stop. We're such a small part of the nation [and] those numbers are alarming. We're putting ourselves in danger, we don't talk about getting tested and we don't talk about knowing [your status].
Jay Ellis