You see a lot of Baptist churches in Harlem, you see a lot of the same kind of cuisine, the soul food - there's a lot of places that remind you of its southern roots.

Most of the people you look at in the early days of Harlem - the zoot suits, the music, the style of fashion, the vibrant colors - that's all influences from the south.

What I enjoyed about being in the world of Jessica Jones, as Luke Cage, is that I wasn't front and center because it was Jessica Jones' story, but it allowed me to find the character from a different perspective.

I don't have social media so I'm kind of in a bubble, but I hear there's a lot going on.

When you're casting, you get a page or two - just enough to do the scene. Now that you're in the world, you get the whole script.

Some people get divorced, they leave the person for a couple of years, then they remarry. Relationships are very, very strange.

I respond to women who have their stuff together, who are in charge, who don't need men to do things for them. I want a woman to have her own thing.