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

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

I try to be as realistic as possible.

- 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

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

- 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

When you go out and audition, you're going to hear a lot of 'No's.' As weird as it may sound, you almost have to love hearing 'no' because you're goi…

- Jay Ellis

At the end of the day, we're people and we should fight for each other and we should make sure the well-being of each one of us is taken care of.

- Jay Ellis