I was raised in a sort of village. I have a huge family, and I think there is strength in that. It helped me to deal with some of the complications of living in the South because I always felt like I belonged, no matter what.
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I’d taken, like, maybe some African dance classes a couple of times, but I wasn’t a musical theater person at all.
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People don’t want to experience change; they just want to wake up, and it’s different.
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The industry looks for white actors and actresses, but it’s not the same for black actors. We have to really put the work in.
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Sometimes when you’re acting, you only need a little bit of something to sort of channel or, you know, transport into a place.
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In dark hours, true leaders rise.
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Life is too short, there is no guarantee how much do you live, Live your Life.
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In my culture, death is not the end, it’s more of a stepping off point.
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We live in a world where people can ridicule you at the push of the button. They can question you at the push of a button.
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Rise up. Register. Let your voice be heard.
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Some states spend more $$ on prisons than on colleges. We have to make a change.
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When you are deciding on next steps, next jobs, next careers, further education, you should rather find purpose than a job or a career,” he said at the time. “Purpose crosses disciplines. Purpose is an essential element of you. It is the reason you are on the planet at this particular time in history.
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One of the first things I was taught as an actor was, ‘Don’t judge the character.’
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We came. We saw. We conquered.
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If Love is too much to ask, at least Respect everyone, regardless of race, creed, sexual preference, bloodline, criminal history, power, or position.
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I often write scripts to instrumentals like a hip-hop artist. Music inspires me to write.
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The rise of the women is the rise of the nation.
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You’re not free unless you can show the good and the bad, all sides of them. So to me, when I play a character, it’s important that I can show every aspect of them.
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The projects that I end up doing, that I want to be involved with in any way, have always been projects that will be impactful, for the most part, to my people – to black people.
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Our lives depend on vote.
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I’m an artist. Artists don’t need permission to work. Regardless of whether I’m acting or not, I write. I write when I’m tired in fact, because I believe your most pure thoughts surface.
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I would love to play Jimi Hendrix.
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Baseball players need strength but also the ability to make fast-paced, explosive movements, so their training is all about strengthening the tendons around the bone and the joint so you don’t tear the muscles from the bones.
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Education is a gateway to broadening perceptions, fighting stereotypes, and creating parity in this world.
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I have skills like a panther, and I am going to change my destiny with it.
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They should probably have a James Brown aerobic tape. You would lose a lot of weight.
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Colonialism is the cousin of slavery.
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