From the time I became an actor my whole approach was to try to do as many different things as possible. It never occurred to me that I might be typecast.

From the time I became an actor my whole approach was to try to do as many different things as possible. It never occurred to me that I might be typecast.

Growing up, I never imagined I would be an actor.

As I got further into my career, as a character of color, if I was going to have the types of opportunities I felt I deserved, and continue to have them, I was going to have to start creating those opportunities for myself.

I graduated in '94 from Yale and New York Undercover was my first gig on TV. I was really all over the place with roles, which is what I wanted to do.

It's funny, because in drama school, my greatest strength was my range. So my early career was like that: I played all kinds of different characters.

I started acting, almost on a whim to help my music career.