The advice that I usually give to young actors is that if you can create a character for the stage and keep that character fresh for at least 6 months that means you're doing the show eight times a week.

When I started off many years ago, I made a determination that there were certain roles I didn't want to play.

I love doing movies but I loved doing theatre just as much.

I came into the industry at a time when there weren't a lot of choices to what you could do.

I think it talks about the fact that there are black people in the world who have tremendous amount of talents and have no channel through which they can those talents.

I would love to play the villain, but again, it sort of what happens in this industry.

The advice that I usually give to young actors is that if you can create a character for the stage and keep that character fresh for at least 6 months that means you're doing the show eight times a week.