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" There are servers, and there are people that are served. There's something contradictory about that in a democracy, certainly. "

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" I was the oldest of five children, each about a year apart, and my mother, bless her heart, had her hands full. "

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" I believe strongly that characters are five-dimensional, and they're complicated, and life is complicated, and people are complicated. "

" I definitely caught the acting bug, but that lasted for about two seconds when I found my way to L.A. and found that my talents were better suited behind the cameras. "

" I come from a family of servants. My father's father was a servant, and my father's father's father was a slave. "

" I have a partner, Danny Strong; he's an incredible writer and, really, my backbone. So when we don't see eye to eye, it's painful. "

" I love black women. I live for them. They are everything to me. I'm obsessed with them. They are sophisticated, resilient and smarter than me. "

" I've had all types of beautiful girls tell me that they ugly when they look in the mirror, as if it's someone else's reflection they see. "

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" My mom knew early on that I was gay, and she knew that I had to get out of the ghetto. "

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