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I enjoy being surprised.
Whatever kids are into, that might be their thing.
I don't believe in breaks. Not yet. I'm too young.
I am fortunate enough to find opportunities that have a lot of presence.
This country is not built on one culture alone. We all make up this industry.
Sometimes survival seems like submitting. And that's really hard on the spirit.
I want to have a resume that is substantial enough to hold itself as respectful.
I was always really geeky about design and buildings. Always into architecture as a kid.
It's crazy how intelligent kids can be at a very young age and how they know what they know.
I want to give people jobs and put them on great shows. I want to create careers for people.
Every single step, although I couldn't see it, was a step forward and built to where I am now.
What is a superhero? They're supposed to represent hope, opportunity, and strength for everybody.
I'm always ready and willing to just keep pushing and working and going because it's in my spirit.
'Die Hard' was a really awesome experience, but I was too young to understand what a big film it was.
I can literally count on one hand how many slave stories have gotten notoriety over the past few years.
I don't believe in breaks. Not yet. I'm too young. I'll find the next job to keep me busy between seasons.
With contemporary music, you automatically get connected. It connects you to the emotion of the characters.
When you say 'diversity,' the term has been denigrated over the years because it has been used as a crutch.
Sometimes there's something that a writer doesn't see or a producer doesn't see when he's looking at a shot.
Even afterwards when you go through a scene and then step off, sometimes you need a minute to just decompress.
The danger in having modern music tied to a period piece is that hearing something may take you out of the moment.
We owe a lot when it comes to women in terms of innovation, in terms of education, in terms of progression in life.
You go home happy, you go to work happy, you make a better project because everybody loves it and loves each other.
When you do learn these things, when you understand what inclusion is, then we can accomplish greater things together.
Regardless of the project, whenever you're working on something, the best you can hope for is to be around good people.
Every job you do, somebody's looking at it. You're leaving an impression on somebody. What is going to be your footprint?
I think enslavement has evolved to what may seem appropriate to this day's generation. Modern enslavement is imprisonment.
I'd like to think that in any circumstance I'd say, "You know what? Screw this. Kill me. I'm done. I'm not going to grovel."
I think the knowledge of where you come from gives you more of an affinity for understanding different cultures and learning.
As an actor, it's very rare that you get a choice in a matter. But you're always looking for something that has some gravitas.
Nothing in my life has necessarily been easy, but eventually I see where it's gotten me to, and I say, 'Okay, it's been worth it.'
I'm not a starstuck dude. I've been in this game too long for that, but I do respect and acknowledge real work and real work ethic.
As far as playing different characters within the character, I think that's fun. Very rarely, on TV, do you get to do that on such a regular basis.
For me, it was definitely an education in being grateful. And appreciating the civil liberties we have today, the natural liberties we have at home.
When I was 18, I began attending college for art and design, and I designed all sorts of things from furniture to industrial designs and even watches.
I hear all the time from our audience about how it's nice to see a positive African-American role model for the younger kids out there that are watching.
I was too young to live on campus. I just went back and forth on the bus. Eventually I got my own car and thought I was Mr. Man, so I started hot wheelin' it.
Because sometimes listening to something will connect to a feeling, it will allow you to emote subconsciously, and you don't even understand why you're in it.
I was too young to understand who Sam[uel L.] Jackson was or who Bruce Willis was, who Jeremy Irons was at the time. All I knew was that they were good to me then.
A subject I'm particularly passionate about is the criminal justice system and almost all of the policies that impact people's lives are determined on a local level.
Most people say they're slaves, but in my opinion, to say that I am a slave is to take ownership of actually being a slave - to be a tool, be a thing. Basically cattle.
Surviving the elements is working, but being on set and having to do a scene and being in a room with the same people who you actually enjoy and respect, your day project was easy.
I've always known I wanted to be in design somehow. It was going to be architecture, but I would've had to quit acting for it. I realized with horology, I could learn at my own pace.
The introduction of Harriet Tubman is going to be very exciting, she's a real life superhero so for us to be able to feature her this season is groundbreaking for a television series.
You're living with these characters for years and years, you need to have a lock on who they are as people, what they like, what they don't like, what they experience, and what they go through.
As far as my contribution to this industry, I want to be like Dean Devlin, John Rogers, and Chris Downey. I want to give people jobs and put them on great shows. I want to create careers for people.
There's still a place for marching for instance with the Black Lives Matter movement, we've seen the importance of causing a scene, being on the streets and making your demands and your voice heard.
My standard for the women in my life is like, 'If no man can treat you better than I can treat you, they can't come.' You gotta step up to the plate. With respect, with acknowledgment, with support.
Democracy only works, as President [Barack] Obama spoke of in his farewell message, if it's driven by the people and the people stay active and vigilant and speak out and let their concerns be known.
Even though the topic [of slavery] itself is the big, screaming elephant in the room, we still get a chance to have fun and enjoy what is on the screen, and we have moments where we're actually happy.