There has been a big debate about it: can a black man play a Nordic character?

Waking up in TRUTH is so much better than living in a lie.

What an honor it was to step into the shoes of Nelson Mandela and portray a man who defied odds, broke down barriers, and championed human rights before the eyes of the world.

I want to go to Sierra Leone with something - whether it's some sort of contribution to healthcare, or to the entertainment industry. My cousin is a nurse; we are talking about opening a clinic.

I'm never shaken or stirred.

My Father always told me that a fool at 40 is a fool for life.

I was always a real athletic kid. Then when I got older, I just figured it was part of life to keep training.

The less I talk about being black, the better.

I've been DJing mostly, and most DJs end up producing. That's just me.

I knew that if I wanted to be all I could be, I would have to go to the US. It took three years to get the accent right.

I'm tactile, very tactile. A woman who has really nice, looked-after skin is such a turn-on for me. It's always sexy.

To be supportive of myself, I have to go with what I want to do. I started acting and I was so mesmerized.

Here are my Mommy Messages: Wear a condom and test your Molly.

Will is what can make you succeed when your thoughts tell you that you're defeated.

I'm living in Los Angeles for a couple of years. I've been a gypsy for quite a while. It'll come to an end. I'm going to come back to New York.

It takes a profound hypocrisy to try to reconcile for others things that you can't reconcile for yourself.

I don't use composers. I research music the way I research the photographs or the facts in my scripts.

And connected is helping people stay in touch and maintain empathy for each other, and bandwidth.

Pain never really goes away; you just elevate and get used to it by growing stronger.

The ways of Providence cannot be reasoned out by the finite mind ... I cannot fathom them, yet seeking to know them is the most satisfying thing in all the world.

You are a Divine creation, a Being of Light who showed up here as a human being at the exact moment you were supposed to. You are the Beloved, a miracle, a part of the eternal perfection.