And again, this connection that you get: I meet Joe at church. Joe's connected to a whole network of people I don't know. Joe likes me. He invites me….

Scripture is vast, and people can pick and choose what they emphasize, and so for hundreds of years verses that said that you are to welcome the stra….

We do not have an American culture. We have a white American culture and a black American culture. So when those two groups try to get together, [it'….

I really do think that every time you play a role well, you are in danger of being identified with that role until the next big thing comes along..

It may be changing, but still it's the one place, that total control of an institution, that African Americans have. So sometimes, you know, you'll h….

I think of myself as a problem-solver. I want to go in and help the director and the writer to get the best they can out of the text they're working ….

In your actor's heart, you know when you're playing well. Others may not always agree with you, but I'm always aware of when the scene is cooking or ….

So these are the kind of things that now when people are trying to move towards multiracial congregations that they're stressing. They're talking abo….

We've done a lot of studies to see when they do happen, why, and I mean there's a variety of reasons. But one, it starts with a commitment where they….

We go where our family goes. We go where our friends are, and because our social networks are so segregated by race, we end up with what we have. We ….

Maybe there's even anger. But if they make it through that they come to a new agreement, and they start creating a new culture, and it becomes someth….

What's happening is that Asian and Latino and other groups without that history are more likely to end up in either black churches or white churches ….

They could never go back to being a uniracial congregation again. It brings excitement. It brings life. It allows them to be able to know people they….

One of the things I like about performing on the stage is that it is a kind of meditative experience. Time does stand still. You have no concept or f….

I may have to shop with them. But on Sunday I don't want to have to worship with them. I want to be able to just be myself and let my hair down." It'….

My mother always told me growing up I had a punchable face. Little did I know she was predicting my television career..

I think people respond to villains because people in general are more villainous than heroic..

To a large extent, people's interest in the character is the mystery of the character..

Now they had to sit in separate places and sometimes they'd even have to sit outside and look through the windows. But they did worship together..

We're going to see more, and we are seeing more, and I'll tell you exactly why. Not because white and black are more likely to get together. Only a t….

I have to conclude, oh, the best people are all somebody other than my own race. So that's difficult. How do we interpret the Bible? Should we stress….