This role is more visible, and I grew up without a lot of that sort of modeling so I'm relieved and proud to have done this film.

I cannot in good conscience participate in a celebratory occasion hosted by a country where people like myself are being systematically denied their basic right to live and love openly.

Entertainers are there to entertain. They aren't there to teach your children the lessons that you haven't bothered to teach them at home yourself.

I spend my weekends sleeping and watching DVDs, and eating at restaurants within a 2-block radius of my apartment.

You're confronted with the quandary: do I grind things to a halt? Ideally you would, but I have better things to do than educate people.

I have my own personal wish list.

The backstory to anyone of mixed race is a lifetime spent being incorrectly perceived and choosing either to allow that misperception to continue or to correct it, so I am aware of identity and race as being much more fluid, I think, than someone who is "purely" one thing or the other. And acting does challenge me to address those particular issues.