If I am a cup maker, I'm interested in making the best cup I possibly can. My effort goes into that cup, not what people think about it.

I'm very proud to be black, but black is not all I am. That's my cultural historical background, my genetic makeup, but it's not all of who I am nor is it the basis from which I answer every question.

I am a maker of useful things.

I am interested in politics.

Acting is just a way of making a living, the family is life.

Where I think the most work needs to be done is behind the camera, not in front of it.