Making African American films are hard in Hollywood. We need to rely on a support network and bring more cohesion to different filmmakers, actors, producers etc. It's a very difficult business. There aren't a lot of Africans Americans or people of color in high positions in Hollywood that we can green-light films.

I think the age we're living in is starting to get scary.

I try not to have too many opinions; I just marvel at the world we live in.

You just can't take yourself too seriously, especially in comedy. You shouldn't try to be funny, but you should try to be as honest as possible. The extreme end of honesty is usually what's funny. That's your job [as an actor]. You just have to let people see it.

If you have the capacity to love, you have the capacity to love anyone.

I don't try to intellectualize characters too much. But I always think of the audience. I always make sure that my characters are likeable.

I realized that what we do as professions affects how we act as people, big-time.