I Hear God As An Audible Voice.

I Have A Bee In My Bonnet As To How Few Black Historical Figures One Sees On Film; Incredible Stories, Stories From Which We Are Living The Legacy And Which Just Don't Get Made.

I Know That There Is Still A Lot Of Bitterness And Anger, And Arguably Justifiably So, When You Think About How Brutal Slavery Was And What Its Brutal Legacy Still Is.

The Perception Of Africa, Whether In The U.s. Or In Europe, Is Of A Continent That Needs Help, And Cannot Pull Itself Up. That Is Just Not True.

I Do Think How Two People Dance With Each Other Is Indicative Of How They Feel About Each Other. It Can Tell A Lot More Than A Verbal Scene.

There Is Still A Fundamental Misunderstanding, When It Comes To Observing That When Someone Is Black And Someone Is White, Then That Difference Is Enough To Warrant The Idea That They Shouldn't Be Together. We Are So Much More Alike In Nature Than We Are Different, And My Ambition With The Roles I Choose To Do Is To Break Down That Prejudice, By Showing How Much I - As A Man - Am Just A Man.