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

I try to stay incognito as much as I can. I don't go places that people would expect to see me because I'm trying to lay low.

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

I met some people in college and I kept cracking away until someone pointed me in the right direction.

The writers are very good about misdirection and changeups, and that's what's great about it. We always think we know what's going to happen and then they throw a curveball that you don't see coming.

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 rarely feel like I'm in chaos, but when I am, I usually [retreat] and try to find the eye of the storm; if I'm still and listen and don't engage, maybe the chaos will subside.