As a man, I've been representative of the values I hold dear. And the values I hold dear are carryovers from the lives of my parents.

Acting isn't a game of "pretend." It's an exercise in being real.

The impact of the black audience is expressing itself. They look to films to be more expressive of their needs, their lives. Hollywood has gotten that message - finally.

I didn't run into racism until we moved to Nassau when I was ten and a half, but it was vastly different from the kind of horrendous oppression that black people in Miami were under when I moved there at 15. I found Florida an antihuman place.

If I'm remembered for having done a few good things and if my presence here has sparked some good energies, that's plenty.

We all suffer from the preoccupation that there exists... in the loved one, perfection.

Racism is very painful. That's life. It never ends.