In this day and age, especially with all the media and television, social media, and the Internet, we are constantly being compared and comparing our….

People may know me from films, but theater is my first love. I did about 35 plays before I even landed my first screen role. I'm very comfortable on ….

The inspiration for this movie [Something New] was this Newsweek article that came out a couple of years ago that talks about 42.4 percent of black w….

When you have a play, you have to be on every night..

I think I'm definitely more open. You know the thing is I wouldn't have said I was closed before, but like, it's the kind of thing that you don't eve….

I've been in a couple with different races like Latino, white, Middle Eastern..

There is a lot of struggle in being an actor; you need so much emotional strength, no matter what level of stardom you have, that it's nice to have s….

If you're in love and there's that chemistry, that's what it's all about..

Sometimes when you don't care, people are attracted to that..

I've never gotten any complaints about my headscarf from a man. You can be sexy with a head wrap!.

I wouldn't want anyone to destroy the earth.

Like the guy I was dating. White, liberal, educated. I went to meet his family and I think that they probably didn't know they had a problem with it ….

And then there was moments with white guy where like we would be in Harlem. There would be five brothers in the corner, and this is an awful feeling ….

I have dated all races and I believe you should be free to do whatever you want..

I don't know if it's more acceptable or if black men are more comfortable. Black men certainly are more comfortable with it. I don't know that societ….

The great thing about the stage is that you have a structured month-long rehearsal period where you're going in every day. You have to have lots of r….

People make jokes about how black people are the first ones to be killed off..

People are going to always have their opinions whether you date a black man or not. I've had girlfriends, family members comment on black men that I'….

I feel like people grow the most when they step outside of the box that they are used to. For me, it's constantly challenging myself to step outside ….

I'll eventually go back to theater because the feeling of being on stage where you have the audience right there, you can't replace that with anything.

Some of us just have to work harder to stay in the game..