I Graduated In '94 From

When I Was Working On The Wire With The Other Actors, Scene After Scene After Scene, I Felt Like We Were Singing Together. We Were Dancing Together. I'm Like, "this Is The Best Ensemble I've Ever Worked With. I'm Working With These Cats? Holy Mackerel, This Is Heaven."

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.

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.

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

From The Time I Became An Actor My Whole Approach Was To Try To Do As Many Different Things As Possible. It Never Occurred To Me That I Might Be Typecast.