I'm generally interested in what people believe and what works for them, what gives them hope, what inspires them, no matter what it is.

I've got a lot of different religious ideas circling through my family, but the positive thing is that I was raised with a lot of openness and compassion.

I had also wanted to work with Aaron McGruder for a long time and there were a few other people on the project that I really wanted to work with,so it seems like a miracle of a project ['Black Jesus'] was handed to me.

I'm generally interested in what people believe and what works for them, what gives them hope, what inspires them, no matter what it is.

Training is vital. You need to know the technical aspects of acting, just in case someone hands you a monologue and simply says, 'Cry here and laugh here.' You have to be able to make sense of it all.

I guess every character has a little bit of the actor - I guess for every character you play, the actor has to allow a little bit of their own character to show through.

A lot of times people hide their quirks when they're first getting to know a person.