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" I did 'Fences' off-broadway at the Beacon Theater, so it's amazing that Denzel Washington and Viola Davis brought it to Broadway. "

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" If I could remake any Eighties project, it would be less an action flick than a character-driven drama with a rich story to tell. "

" If reality shows are so popular, that means their viewers are screaming for more realness. "

" 'Dark Blue' was a really solid show, and it stopped at season two. "

" I tend to want to put my fingers over my ears and not hear all of that, not hear that there are so many fans. "

" The reality is our story and the way we love and our taste in clothing and everything else. And what we ambitiously feel we can be. "

" For me, I went from showering at the YMCA in L.A., eating chicken sandwiches and ramen noodles if lucky, and going from couch to couch. I'm a real story. I know the struggle. "

" I worked on the workshop of 'Topdog/Underdog' before it went to Broadway. My minor in school was theater, so I'm based in that, and then I moved to Los Angeles. "

" I grew up in a two-parent household. We all played sports, all sports, which cost a lot of money. My pops was an attorney; he went to College of the Holy Cross with Clarence Thomas. My mom worked a bit, then gradually came home and took care of us full time. "

" That's the thing with me being a former athlete: in the way I attack characters and attack poetry is from the base of being an athlete. "

" I was at a ballpark as much as I was in school. I was on a basketball court or football field as much as I was in school, so I definitely was receiving mentorship when it came to coaches, my father, my grandfather, and my uncles. "

" I kept on hearing the voice of God saying if you are going to be the minister that your mom mentioned... then you have to act. My pulpit is acting. "

" The way the recession has affected Hollywood, a lot of actors that had robust opportunities before in film no longer have such plum options, so cable has done a good job of becoming a happy medium for artists deemed film actors. "

" I found poetry at 12 and 13 and, lo and behold, learned that my attorney father had a background in poetry - as he wore dashikis and Afros in the '70s and named his kids Arabic names. He was a poet and a lot like The Last Poets and Gil Scott-Heron and all of these folks. He definitely was an artist. "

" I use Aveeno cleansers and moisturizers. "

" I come from the stage, so I started in New York, lived there for eleven years. "

" You don't go to church and tell the choir how to sing if you're a visitor. "

" I'm a black Catholic raised in Decatur, Georgia, which was very gang-infested. Then, I went to an all-white private high school and excelled in sports and wrote poetry, then played football at the University of Georgia, minoring in drama. "

" When you start out on a project as an actor, you know, you approach the character from the standpoint of maybe writing a list - even if it's a mental list that you make - of the adjectives that the character has or that character possesses. "

" Shoes make an outfit; they're like rims for a car. "

" Life as a poet and actor truly became full circle as I stood on stage as host of 'Verses & Flow' and lived in both of these outfits. It was one of the best experiences of my professional life. "

" I think Gil Scott-Heron is a king. He's a brilliant, broken king. "

" I think, by nature you know, I'm very attracted and I gravitate toward the very strong girl who can watch a ballgame, but who's also extremely feminine. "

" I don't think you really have chemistry in the way that you want between two actors unless frustration is there as well. "

" On 'Being Mary Jane,' I learned to embrace sex symbol. "

" For me, I'm always looking for the opportunity for a character that challenges me and lets me play two for the price of one. "

" I'm not shutting myself off from kids; I'm remaining open to kids and the energy that they bring. "

" I don't make a big deal out of playing football at UGA to people who have interviewed me. "

" A powerful person is equally cool with their flaws and things that aren't powerful about them at all. "