I am also producing and writing a bunch.

You have to see through one's faults before you see their need.

Working on Shakespeare and learning about Shakespeare was the big takeaway for me.

Now, perhaps more than ever, we need more and more examples of healing. We need to learn what it takes to heal.

Politically, nowadays, as we know and feel, we are similarly underrepresented and not heard.

I just hope to work with great people, and do things that are challenging for me and that I can be proud of and not have to hide my face about. Those are my guidelines.

The surgeries were the hardest scenes for me because it's literally balancing so many balls in the air, at the same time, and each surgery is different.

It is that rare film [Moonlight] that comes along once in a while that catches the zeitgeist. This movie is that. I certainly have my fingers crossed that it is. Everyone needs to see this movie.

I want to shift my career back to shows like The Knick. I prefer the classic drama structure.

[Theater] has always been a big focus. I have been away from it for the past few years. I want to get back to it!

The policies enacted during segregation are still being felt in Birmingham.

You see those stars, which shines at night when the sky darkens it shines for you when your heart is blackened

A teacher's not going to bother being tough on you for no reason it's when they're not paying you attention that you should worry.

Americans are apocalyptic by nature. The reason why is that we've always had so much, so we live in deadly fear that people are going to take it away from us.

I think it's part of being English, particularly if you are middle-class - you're always looking to be reminded that you are no good and you are always actually embarrassed about being successful.

If I were blind, I'd wear a blindfold all the time.

I believe that if you want to go make your mark on the world you've got to go out and do it. Don't be shy, be adventurous.

Socialism and capitalism are both essentially materialist, just different ways of approaching the lifeless world of matter and deciding how to share the spoils.

Comedians want to be rock legends for a day - that sounds fun to them.

art is at least in part a way of collecting information about the universe.

I know what it's like to squander all your hours and all your tears and all your heart on something which turns out to be nothing. Don't waste your time.