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Don't Be A Victim; If You Want To Make Movies, Make Movies.

You Don't See A Lot Of Black Rock Stars. The Music Industry Tends To Be Segregated Stylistically. It's Hard For A Black Artist To Cross Over To Rock Music.

As I Got Further Into My Career, As A Character Of Color, If I Was Going To Have The Types Of Opportunities I Felt I Deserved, And Continue To Have Them, I Was Going To Have To Start Creating Those Opportunities For Myself.

If You're Going To Come At Me, Come At Me Respectfully, And I Will Respond Respectfully.

It's Funny, Because In Drama School, My Greatest Strength Was My Range. So My Early Career Was Like That: I Played All Kinds Of Different Characters.