Steve McQueen is a genius. And I think that word is overused, but I think with Steve it's rightly used. He's a genius.

I would love to have a career that's governed by the material; I always want to be part of stories that I feel are worthwhile.

You win an Oscar, and immediately people ask how you feel. So you don't have time to actually feel anything because you have to generate a response. And then some of the feelings you have are so intimate and visceral, words don't really do them justice.

European standards of beauty are something that plague the entire world - the idea that darker skin is not beautiful, that light skin is the key to success and love. Africa is no exception.

I love color. I'm enjoying trying all different shades. Makeup isn't something I've worn a lot of in my life.

It's so much more fun to do the work than to talk about it. I will have to admit that. Everybody gets to decide how they feel, and what to take away by themselves, and that's what you hope for. That people will take away different things and have different experiences from the work we do as actors. So I don't like to prescribe how to feel about the work I do.

To this day, I love eating steak tacos before going to the red carpets.