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" I am a vampire/werewolf and sci-fi fanatic. God is so good! I get to play in a series that has all that! "

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" When I moved to Chicago, I was coming from a school that didn't have any arts in Alabama. I essentially came from a town where the arts didn't exist and the desire for education didn't exist and wasn't valued. "

" Alan Ball, he's good at challenging his actors, I'll say that. "

" I was raised by women. "

" But no one told me that when you're in the military, they own you. "

" There were not many black students at Juilliard, unfortunately. So when you get there, you become very good friends, in particular, with the other black students. "

" The ultimate part that I want to play in my life is Jimi Hendrix, so I guess I'm drawn to music even though I can't sing or dance very well. "

" Fiona Shaw is a goddess to me. "

" Acting is the only thing that makes me happy. "

" Boot camp was the first time I got a heavy dose of discipline. It was the best thing that ever happened to me. "

" The arts are suffering amongst public schools, but also, minority theater companies are struggling, and I firmly believe in freedom of expression through the arts. "

" I think, in this country, anybody can do whatever they want to do as long as it's not hurting anybody else or violating the laws of society. "

" Being different gives the world color. "

Being Different

" I'd always dabbled in acting. "

" The sci-fi fans in America... they are die-hard. They will follow you to the ends of the Earth. Once they attach themselves to a show and believe in the show and love the characters, they're there forever, and they're unshakeable. "

" I was quiet, and I was artistic. I liked writing poetry, and that was very strange, so I was bullied a lot. "

" You have to be a tough gay person in the South. "

" Everybody kept saying, 'I just don't know how to sell you.' I'm odd. I don't think you can put a finger on me. "

" If you want to get married to a man, then get married to a man. If two women want to get married, they should get married. It's not hurting me. "

" With 'True Blood,' you don't know what to expect. You don't know how wild it's gonna get. "

" The beautiful thing about this country is that I can be a Christian and feel free to do so. Or somebody cannot be a Christian and do whatever that entails. Or somebody can be a Christian and still be gay, and I support it. "

" You have to learn to not hate who you have to live with. "

" I'm not an emotional person; I keep it in, and I wouldn't know how to get it out if it weren't for acting and writing. "

" My years at Thornridge probably changed the course of my life. "

" Whenever you have a character in which one of his defining qualities is his sexuality, it's always challenging, because you don't want to bring in someone who's going to play that in a phony way. "

" I went from unknown to having no anonymity. "

" I can play a doctor, and I can play a thug. "

" When I wanted to become a serious actor, this girl told me, 'You should go to Juilliard.' And I said, 'Okay.' "

" You go back to my town, it's like going back to the 1960s... just not a great place to grow up. "