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.

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

If you have the skill, then you can move as you age.

Basically, the actor's job is to pay attention to the script.

There are lots of stories about my culture that I think bring a whole other perspective to who we are and where we have been and how we got here that I think need to be done.

Unfortunately, most actors want to play off their own personal mystique and good looks and whatever, but that will only carry you but so far.