Ghana is one of the countries in Western Africa that still has quite a few of their slave castles still standing.

- Jay Ellis

Knowing your HIV status is such an easy thing to do, but again, we've created this stigma around even going to get tested.

- Jay Ellis

We think that if we get tested, that means you have to have HIV. Or we think that just by knowing someone with HIV, we're going to get HIV or because…

- Jay Ellis

HIV is not a death sentence. It doesn't mean life's over. It means that life's going to be different, but you still get to have those moments that pe…

- Jay Ellis

I try to be as realistic as possible.

- Jay Ellis

As a young, Black man in America, I look out and (realize) that our community is the most affected by HIV.

- Jay Ellis

As long as you're consistently working on your craft, your heart is in the right place, and you pair that with being smart on how you present yoursel…

- Jay Ellis

Once I got my business degree I realized I didn't want to do business anymore. My passion started to kick in and say, "Are you really sure this is wh…

- Jay Ellis

You can try your passion for a while and see if it works and if it doesn't, at least you tried. I think that's why I quit my job and went back to act…

- Jay Ellis