I knew what it was to be uncomfortable in a movie theater watching unfolding on the screen images of myself - not me, but black people - that were uncomfortable.

I had learned something of Miami from people who had visited there, so I knew what to expect.

I was fortunate enough to have been raised to a certain point before I got into the race thing. I had other views of what a human is, so I was never able to see racism as the big question. Racism was horrendous, but there were other aspects to life.

I knew what it was to be uncomfortable in a movie theater watching unfolding on the screen images of myself - not me, but black people - that were uncomfortable.

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.

A good deed here, a good deed there, a good thought here, a good comment there, all added up to my career in one way or another.

I sometimes like the pictures photographers take of me.