When you look at Harlem - and I lived there almost five years - most of the people who live in Harlem are transplants. They migrate to Harlem from another place. A lot of them are from the south, so they bring those southern influences with them.

I don't have a routine, but I have used meditation to just decompress and focus.

I like to take a break, but at the same time, I think most actors are not very good at sitting around doing nothing because we like to work.

My family, they're not really that involved in what I do. Career-wise, they're very supportive. They're involved after the fact. I don't tell them anything usually until I'm finished filming it or mid-way through filming it.

I think when people talk about art imitating life, you're in real time.

So often, when you're playing the lead in your own show, it is all about you.

As professionals, we just try to keep the jokes to a minimum, when we're in a certain situation. When we're not doing that, we're joking.