“And you don’t want them to look at you in a negative light.”

My intention is to do more films.

I had to say something. Kelly’s nomination would go against who President Obama is.

I assume Obama knows about stop and frisk, so this is not the person that should be the head of homeland security.

I was going to go to med school. My father’s dream was that all of his kids become doctors.

You look up to your parents and you want them to accept you,

Life is too short to do something you don’t want to do.

I’m in awe of how grounded Ms. Tyson is and how her performances can be different but the same.

She’s pretty amazing.

She can switch up the delivery, but it’s still with the right intention.

That’s what you want art to do, to open people up and start conversations.

That’s how clueless I was. I just thought I could show up.

I want to tell authentic, real stories with real characters.

I think L.A. is beautiful.

I grew up in New York and I’ve always lived here, so I look at myself as a regular person.

I have a Twitter handle, but I never sign on.

And I’m not sure if he [made his comments on Trayvon] because he was asked a question and he was trying to be diplomatic and neutral – that can’t happen.

From the heart of the fountain of delight rises a jet of bitterness that tortures us among the very flowers.

But a newspaper can always print a retraction.

Aristotle says that metaphor causes the mind to experience itself in the act of making a mistake.

Only get people enough to agree to it, and the butchery of myriads of human beings is perfectly innocent. But how many does it take?

Millions of families could plant home gardens if they truly wanted health.

It is doubtful what fortune to-morrow will bring.

We had so much fun in Ghana and they are really lovely people.

Man is a strange animal, he doesn’t like to read the handwriting on the wall until his back is up against it.