I enjoy writing rhymes and sitting alone in a room listening to beats. It's pretty amazing.

Every single thing in my life is built around race.

Doc Rivers been hoarse since birth

We can't wave a magic wand and get rid of any of these people's problems, but what they want is they want to be heard.

If you can, always be appreciative of the ebb and flow of the losses and the wins.

Black people are the most talented people in the world.

You are what you repeatedly do when things get hard.

We can't retract the decisions we've made, we can only affect the decisions we're going to make from here.

I've been prepping for my role as Medusa.

I once told a journalist that girls call me 'Kitten,' but I couldn't have been more sarcastic, and no matter how many times I've said that it was a joke, it still doesn't go away.

Every movie soaks into you for a certain amount of time.

When I look back I can't believe how my parents managed, but the cliche is true. We didn't have money, but we were rich in so many other ways.

I wish I had fair justification for not being as informed as I should be, but I don't.

The offers were, like, a lot of money - maybe not for other actors, but definitely for me. But I don't want that power. I don't want $20-million power.

It's hard for me to put my feelings into words.

I've made up so many stores about my name, I can't remember.

For me, I guess I'm the acting equivalent of somebody that jumps off buildings and parachutes.

I just I don't feel challenged by acting anymore. I don't enjoy the process anymore.

Whether you think a film will affect society or it's plain entertainment, it's all excellent, it's all noble.