I look forward to going to work. Everybody is at the top of their game. It was like we just got to play.

And then there was moments with white guy where like we would be in Harlem. There would be five brothers in the corner, and this is an awful feeling but you're holding his hand and you want to pull your hand away cause you don't want the judgment. And you're gonna get the judgment even if it's just in looks. And the black men are the worst when it comes to judging.

If you're in love and there's that chemistry, that's what it's all about.

To make a movie is very grueling at times. Long, long hours and cold weather.

There's a lot of Kenya that's not like me. I like Birkenstocks, granola, my dog Pops.

The great thing about the stage is that you have a structured month-long rehearsal period where you're going in every day. You have to have lots of run-throughs with theater because there are no second takes in front of a live audience.

I had never picked up a basketball before. I went through a grueling audition process. It was almost as if I was learning to walk. It would be like teaching somebody to dance ballet for a role.