I have the strangest time to get cast in anything. 'Ghost' was the same thing. Six months I had to wait for them to decide they had seen everybody possible. Why not? What limits me? I'm black? Oh, am I black?

Normal is just a cycle on the washing machine.

I used my imagination to make the grass whatever color I wanted it to be.

Now, I've always known that there were bullies in the world. We've seen a lot of it in politics lately as well as in daily life. You see it where people who may be stronger, or bigger, or better with verbiage than other folks... show off. To me, that's what bullying is, showing off. It's saying, I'm better than you, I can take you down. Not just physically, but emotionally.

Did you know that we are the only people in the United States who have to have their voting rights okayed every couple of years?

We have a lot of trans friends. We know lots of people who have been trying to [model]; we know a lot about it.

For some reason, all artists have self-esteem issues.