I Want To Aspire To Something Like

My Father Is Black And My Mother Is White. Therefore, I Could Answer To Either, Which Kind Of Makes Me A Racial Lone Ranger, Caught Between Two Communities.

I Didn't Come To Hollywood To Get On Magazine Covers Or Start My Porsche Collection Or To Enjoy That Kind Of Lifestyle, To Go To The Right Parties And Meet The Right People.

As Someone Who Has Enjoyed Visiting Russia In The Past And Can Also Claim A Degree Of Russian Ancestry, It Would Make Me Happy To Say Yes. However, As A Gay Man, I Must Decline.

I Want To Aspire To Something Like What Denzel Washington Does, Which Is Try To Find Scripts Written For White Actors - Or Jodie Foster, Who Reads Scripts For Male Actors.

My Experience Is That I Find Myself Having To Constantly Define Myself To Others, Day-in, Day-out. The Quote That's Helped Me The Most Through That Is From Toni Morrison's "beloved" Where She Says, "definitions Belong To The Definers, Not The Defined" - So I Find Myself Defining Myself For Other People Lest I Be Defined By Others And Stuck Into Some Box Where I Don't Particularly Belong.