As an actor, I've learned to become a detective. You have to figure out who that person is. If the character is a thief, you have to figure out what makes them a thief. Whatever the prevailing idiosyncrasy is, I have to find it in the script.

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

Let's just say that I have a tendency if I am uncomfortable in a situation to speak my mind.

Our challenges make us unique, and how we deal with them makes us unique.

You know, bigotry isn't relevant to just the South. It never was. But I'm very grateful that I don't know what it's like from experience.

My faith is tested daily.

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.