I gotta go home and feed my eels. They're not electric, but I have a plan.

It is important to learn as much as you can about the person and then throw it all away so that you're not in any way doing some sort of mimicry.

I'm not an optimist. I'm a realist. And my reality is that we live in a multifaceted, multicultural world. And maybe once we stop labeling ourselves, then maybe everyone else will.

I'm an actor and I am looking for roles where I can continue to evolve, and things that are challenging. I gravitate to the roles, not necessarily television or film. It's just the fact that, for me, the most interesting roles have been in television.

I prefer doing interviews where people don't have to interpret what you say. I'm going to be real honest.

Where I'm from, you learned about God before you learned to read and write. Our faith is what grounds us.

It's very seldom that we see the good of the South. There is a perception that Southerners are racists and everyone else in the nation is 'enlightened.' There is racism everywhere, and there is good everywhere.