There's no greater honor, as an actor, to be a part of a project that changes lives, and awakens and enlightens and entertains.

Culture is the intersection between people and dealing with the journey of life itself. How to deal with life, how a people deals with life is literally manifested in its culture, in its food, in its music, in its art, in the way you dance, the way you communicate.

There's no greater honor, as an actor, to be a part of a project that changes lives, and awakens and enlightens and entertains.

We always see abhorrent behavior and say why, but then we get mad when somebody tries to answer.

Whenever an actor was going to die, I tried to help them understand not to take it personally. It wasn't about them. It's the story.

Gregory Hines was the most talented man I've ever met or seen. Gregory Hines is one of those people that whenever he talked to you, you felt like you were the center of the universe.

The role of culture is that it's the form through which we as a society reflect on who we are, where we've been, where we hope to be.