At The End Of The Day, Everyone

I Have Been In Films Before Where People Have Been In A Rush To Label Them As A Black Film Or Even As A History Lesson. These Are Ways To Make The Film Feel Niche And Not For Everyone.

I Admire Many Actors, Though I Don't Think There's Anyone Whose Career I Would Want To Mirror Sort Of By The Beats. What I'm Really Looking To Do Is Constantly Defy Expectations. I'm Very Curious To See If You Can Actually Have A Character Actor And A Movie Star's Career Combined.

I Turned Down A Lot Of Easier Opportunities In Order To Go For The Things That I Really And Ultimately Wanted To Do. And What's Really Nice Is That It's Starting To Work. I've Been An Actor For Coming Up On 14 Years Now And The Level Of Activity That's Taking Place Now Is A Culmination Of A Slow Cooker Approach To As Opposed To A Microwave.

I Think That Having A Black President In This Country Has Been A Seismic Shift, In Terms Of What Has Been Going On Racially In America. I Think That America Is Now Engaging With How We Have Come To This Point.

You Can’t Have People Curating Culture In This Way When We Need To See Things In Order To Reform From Them.