New Orleans, more than many places I know, actually tangibly lives its culture. It's not just a residual of life; it's a part of life. Music is at every major milestone of our life: birth, marriage, death. It's our culture.

The NFL is such a large, multibillion dollar enterprise with fan loyalty because they have provided not only entertainment for sports fans, but memories, good memories, family memories to these fans, that can only bring about good will.

What thoughts are to the individual, art is to the community as a whole. That's where you reflect on who you are, who you hope to be, what you've gone through, and where you hope to go.

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

I worked at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, lived there for three years, and lived in Baltimore for 12 years.

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

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.