Part of acting is always just being available emotionally and open to people.

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.

I'm embarrassed to say that I don't have a lot of hobbies. It's not because I don't have interests, it's just that I don't have the time.

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.

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.

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

In real life, people end up doing things because it's convenient and it works for them. You don't get up every day regretting what you're doing.