We're all imperfect, and life is simply a perpetual, unending struggle against those imperfections.

I decided in my life that I would do nothing that did not reflect positively on my father's life.

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 sometimes like the pictures photographers take of me.

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.

Marriage is no way of life for the weak, the selfish, or the insecure.

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