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" A friend of mine had his own theater company, and he jumped me in like I was in a gang. And once I came in, it was just that simple. For the first time in my life, I felt, 'This is a career, this is a life that I think I can grow old doing.' It was love at first sight. I loved being on stage and reading these plays. It was great. "
Life
Simple
Time
" America is grappling with cultural diversity, and I just want to put a show on that represents the world in which I live. "
World
Live
Want
" As I get older, my sense of humor is my biggest asset. "
Older
Sense Of Humor
Get
" Be talented enough to make it and stupid enough to keep trying. "
Trying
Talented
Stupid
" 'Dancing With the Stars' is so Middle America, and people take it so seriously. "
America
People
Middle
" Don't let anyone try to tell you who you are. Define yourself. "
Try
Define
Tell
" Every little kid has always wanted to be a race car driver. This gets some of that out. "
Always
Race Car
Race
" I couldn't wait to be, you know, a Black Panther. Of course they wouldn't let me join. "
Wait
Know
You
" I decided sitcoms weren't for me. "
Me
Sitcoms
Were
" I grew up in a home and in a world in which you can do anything. We were all expected to go to college. My father was a doctor. "
Home
World
College
" I had done the sitcom thing to lesser and lesser degrees of success. "
Success
Degrees
Had
" I, myself, identify myself as a heathen. "
Identify
Heathen
Myself
" I never wanted to lose out on an acting job and wonder if I hadn't been trained enough. "
Acting
Never
Enough
" I started acting at the University of Michigan in my sophomore year. "
University
Year
Acting
" I think Chelsea Handler is the funniest woman. "
Woman
I Think
Think
" I try to make my bed every day for mental health. Coming home to an unmade bed or a room with clothes all over will depress me. "
Home
Day
Mental Health
" I've tried actively to define myself and redefine myself, and not be pigeonholed. "
Tried
Myself
Define
" I wanted something where I could have the clearest and most unfiltered artistic and creative voice. "
Something
Voice
Most
" I wanted to be a leading man - the black lawyer, the black doctor, the black policeman. "
Black
Policeman
Man
" I want to see gay couples stuck with their significant other at Home Depot with that far away look in their eye, get me out of here. "
Look
Gay
Eye
" My father contracted polio on a troop train in Korea. "
Polio
Contracted
Korea
" My father was a doctor. "
Father
Doctor
" My grandmother was born in 1900, and she would regale me with tales I call 'Little House on the Prairie' tales, but they were tales of segregated and racist America growing up in Alabama and Mississippi, where she came from. "
Growing Up
Me
She
" Some days I think I look kind of cute, but other days I try to avoid the mirror. "
Mirror
Kind
Cute
" The president is always made fun of. "
Always
Fun
President
" To be known by the public, honestly. People come up and tell them how good I make them feel. "
Good
Up
Come
" When I was a kid, I wanted to walk with my dad's limp - my dad was my hero - but that infuriated him, and he would make me walk back and forth in the living room until I walked without it. "
Kid
Me
Walk
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