We Live In A Climate Of Fear,

If We Talk About The Environment, For Example, We Have To Talk About Environmental Racism - About The Fact That Kids In South Central Los Angeles Have A Third Of The Lung Capacity Of Kids In Santa Monica.

One Of The Main Purveyors Of Violence In This World Has Been This Country America.

Kids Made Fun Of Me Because I Was Dark Skinned, Had A Wide Nose, And Was Dyslexic. Even As An Actor, It Took Me A Long Time To Realize Why Words And Letters Got Jumbled In My Mind And Came Out Differently.

Today's Cinema Is A Proliferation Of Comedies, Which Are In Some Ways Creating Caricature Images. They're One-dimensional.

Democracy Is About Criticism. I Didn't Elect Obama Because He's A Black; I Voted For Obama Because He Was The Right Person At The Time. Period. The Exceptionalism Of A Black U.s. President Is Not Important To Me. It's What He Does. And Who He Has At The Table. And What He Does To Change The World - That's What's Important.