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" When you deal with Alan Ball, you're dealing with a person who is a genius in terms of how art imitates life. "

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" I empty myself out and fill myself with the character. I would play a devil worshipper, and I would fill myself up with whatever devil worshippers believe. Then, as myself, I empty that out and become Nelsan. "

" I see a project, and I say I want to audition for it, and people let me audition for it. There's a lot to be grateful for. "

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

" It's hard to get an education when teachers spend 70 percent of their time trying to discipline students. "

" Domestic violence is an epidemic, and yet we don't address it. Until it happens to celebrities. "

" I can't approach a character with judgment. "

" I love working with Alexander Skarsgard. He brings such gravity to a scene. "

" Being different makes you beautiful. "

Being Different

" 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. "

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

" I rejected being a lot of things that I grew up in, and yet I didn't. I got all my tactics from where I grew up... I can talk about all the people in those environments more than I can talk about the teachers at Juilliard or anyone else. "

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

" When you act with phenomenal actors, it makes your job much easier because all you have to do is react. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" At some point in my life, I wanted to be in a vampire movie. "

" I was raised by women. "

" 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. "

" Although I can be a leading man, you wouldn't look at me and go, 'He's a leading man.' "

" When you're in a position that you can comfortably give, you need to pay it forward. "

" 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. "

" Being different gives the world color. "

Being Different

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

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

" I'd always dabbled in acting. "

" 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 was quiet. If I really wanted to say something, I would. I just wasn't interested in saying anything. "