I Never Really Took Any Acting Classes.

I Lost Relatives To Aids, A Couple Of My Closest Cousins. I Lost Friends To Aids, High-school Friends Who Never Even Made It To Their 21st Birthdays In The '80s. When It's That Close To You, You Can't Really Deny It, And You Can't Run From It.

So Often, You Don't Get That Opportunity. You Only Go Over Everything Once And, The Next Thing You Know, You're On Set.

How Many Crossroads Are You Allowed To Have In Life? I Seem To Have A Lot Of Crossroads. I Think Maybe I Crossed Back Across The Same Road Too Often.

My Mom Was My Main Influence Growing Up, And Phylicia Rashad Reminded Me A Lot Of My Mother, Just The Way She Handled Certain Things, She Was... Not Soft-spoken But Smooth-spoken. Just Very Calm, Cool, Collected About Things.

You Almost Have To Step Outside Yourself And Look At You As If You Were Someone Else You Really Care About And Really Want To Protect. Would You Let Someone Take Advantage Of That Person? Would You Let Someone Use That Person You Really Care About? Or Would You Speak Up For Them? If It Was Someone Else You Care About, You'd Say Something. I Know You Would. Okay, Now Put Yourself Back In That Body. That Person Is You. Stand Up And Tell 'em, "enough!