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

You can't be from Montgomery, Alabama, and not have a background in the church. It's at the core of who we are as a people.

I'm probably the most militant person you'll ever meet and I speak my mind without provocation sometimes.

I just know that the one thing that we all have in common is challenges. No one lives a challenge free life.

You never write a speech in advance because if you don't get to use it, you'll be heartbroken.

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.

I can't speak for what other artists should do. I can only tell you how I live.