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Romantic love is painful. ”
I love being black in America, and especially being black in Hollywood. ”
We all want to be in love and find that person who is going to love us no matter how our feet smell, no matter how angry we get one day, no matter the things we say that we don't mean. ”
The high arts of literature and music stand in a curious relationship to one another, at once securely comfortable and deeply uneasy - rather like a long-term marriage. ”
To attempt to write seriously is always, I feel, to fail - the disjunction between my beautifully sonorous, accurate and painfully affecting mental content, and the leaden, halting sentences on the page always seems a dreadful falling short. ”
Both of my parents are actors and directors and whatnot. My dad loves really solid, old school, Broadway musicals, and one of them is 'Assassins' by Stephen Sondheim. All of the successful or non-successful assassins that have ever existed in the United States come together, and they talk about their killing or attempts through songs. ”
I would love to do a good gritty drama, a romantic role. I tend to play bad guys for some reason. ”
If you want to be successful, it's just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing. ”
How often do I call my mom? You can never call your mum enough, and I should call my mum more often. But I speak to my mum very regularly and have a close relationship with my parents. ”
I love the camaraderie that develops on film sets and ensemble casts. It's really special. ”