And "classically not beautiful" is a fancy term for saying ugly. And denouncing you. And erasing you.

I think sometimes what people miss about black people is that we're complicated.

I think that's why August [Wilson] named her Rose [in "Fences"]; I really do. She's a rose in her sweetness and her kindness and in everything else, even her anger towards the end.

That's how I digest it, 'cause I can press the fast-forward button and I know that I'm gonna have to continue to be an actor, continue to make choices, continue to perform in a show every week.

You can't be hesitant about who you are.

I think that what happens so often on screen is high-stake moments tends to look too pretty. And I just don't think it's honest.

Each character has their own challenges. The challenge to doing one scene is your whole history of who you are and your relationships, you only have this one shot.