If people wanted to fight me-because of my hair or because my skin was too dark-then I fought them
I've done 10 or 11 pilots for network television, which is ridiculous.
No matter how old you are, if a little kid hands you a toy phone. . . you answer it.
The hardest thing to do is to be true to yourself, especially when everybody is watching.
Things like racism are institutionalized. You might not know any bigots. You feel like "well I don't hate black people so I'm not a racist," but you benefit from racism. Just by the merit, the color of your skin. The opportunities that you have, you're privileged in ways that you might not even realize because you haven't been deprived of certain things. We need to talk about these things in order for them to change.
What did the 5 fingers say to the face. S L A P!
I support anyone's right to be who they want to be. My question is: to what extent do I have to participate in your self-image?
Faith is the soul going out of itself for all its wants.
Clowns are always creepy!
When the need arises - and it does - you must be able to shoot your own dog. Don't farm it out — that doesn't make it nicer, it makes it worse.
Pay attention to the work you want to do and everything'll work out fine. If you're in it for the ego, you might be successful but at a limited level.