The primary thing that I enjoy about Luke Cage is that he has a morality about him but it's conflicted. He's never sure what the right move is, but he at least contemplates it. He's a not a rash character. It's that thoughtfulness that I really identify with.

Sometimes you meet someone at an inopportune moment and it doesn't work out, but then you see them again five years later and you're in different places and it's a better time.

Harlem is really a melting pot for a lot of different people.

I've always wanted to be on a show that's well respected and had critical acclaim and that people like to watch, and at the same time find something that for me as an actor is interesting and challenging.

I'm actually filming all the time, and I don't have much time to do anything. I've always been that way.

Never take anything at face value. Dare to question and seek the truth.

As an actor, I need to get excited about something that I can actually relate to.