Africa doesn't leap on you immediately; it seeps slowly, and it's incredibly important to be respectful and humble there.

Our minds do understand that people of all races find genuine love in many places. We dig that the world is full of amazing options.

For me, hair is an accoutrement. Hair is jewelry. It's an accessory.

I just want to continue to grow, as an actor, and dig. Hopefully, one day, I'll lose myself in a role. My only worry about that is that I just want to be able to come back home. I don't want to get lost forever. That scares me.

I've done a lot of fighting in my time, and I'm down to do some more. I don't want to, but you know, there's just certain things that you can't sit down and take.

I've always been a firm believer that soul music never dies. The artists we still listen to today, years after their music was first heard are mostly soul artists; Donny Hathaway, Marvin Gaye, Chaka Khan. We still sing along to all of them with our hearts.

I love foods that start in my cheeks and then vibrate up.