I'm passionate about what I do. I'd be naive to be passive.

When you know who you are, you know who you are. That's the real dangerous thing in Hollywood, because they all want to create you and mold you.

Handshaking means, 'I don't have a weapon.'

People ask me, when was my best time? I always say, 'Today.'

Hillary Clinton could say she was a woman and running for president. And Sarah Palin could say she was a woman and running for vice-president. But Obama couldn't say, 'I'm black and I'm running for president.' It couldn't come out of his mouth. He couldn't say that because, if he did, he'd lose votes.

What does it mean to be too black for Hollywood? It's self-explanatory. Hollywood has certain kinds of blacks that they like.

America is racial. America was founded on race. Race is America. The code name for America is 'race.'