The situation of people living and dying with AIDS in parts of Africa is so desperate that even the most basic help will bring solace and hope

I think when you've travelled around a lot in Africa, you understand something that many people here don't recognize: the extraordinary power that is Africa at village level - at community level.

I'm not against making a living, ... I get to do art and people say I'm great, occasionally.

When people are dying by the thousands every day, unnecessarily, when we've had this horrendous pandemic unfold for two decades while the world stands by and watches - you'll do anything in your power to move the process.

In some ways, I think people who have been in the career service have an advantage.

[Talent agencies practicing unscrupulous sales tactics are] definitely a problem in the industry, ... So many people out there don't understand they need to check agencies out.