To simply wake up every morning a better person than when I went to bed.

My father was a certain kind of man - I saw how he treated my mother and his family and how he treated strangers. And I vowed I would never make a film that would not reflect properly on my father's name.

When I set out to become an actor, I had set myself a standard.

Every new fashion is a form of rebellion.

I was the only Black person on the set. It was unusual for me to be in a circumstance in which every move I made was tantamount to representation of 18 million people.

I'm going to quit writing.

To be compared to Jackie Robinson is an enormous compliment, but I don't think it's necessarily deserved.