I had two roles for which I compromised.

So it's been kind of a long road, but it was a good journey altogether.

Of all my father's teachings, the most enduring was the one about the true measure of a man. That true measure was how well he provided for his children, and it stuck with me as if it were etched in my brain.

I couldn't adjust to the racism in Florida.

I think the way I want to think. I live the way I want to live.

So I'm OK with myself, with history, my work, who I am and who I was.

In America, it is difficult to be your own man.