Despite everything that's going on, people need love.
There's so many strict ideas and rules, whether it's from religion or it's just generations and generations.
If you noticed, I wear high-water pants and white socks, which is inspired by the mod '60s, like the Beatles, the Beach Boys, Jimi Hendrix, what have you. That style of dress during that time is really, really dope to me.
We all have perceptions or boxes that we put each other in.
There are so many stereotypes of how you have to be as a black man, growing up in the community as a man.
I think it's cool to be different. That's what cool is.
I was skinny and black and didn't play sports. And I was bullied.
I grew up doing theatre, where I was jumping in and out of plays, year round.
We're raised to believe that black men have to be one specific way.
I'm getting the training I need to progress as an actor. If something comes up and I have to drop, I'll drop.
It's awesome that my job is to make people have reactions.
I like to have fun and be myself and express myself through how I dress.
Hollywood is showing respect for all different types of art.
I feel like a lot of black men 'put on' because of what they see and because of what people tell them they have to be.
I bury things in the back of my mind I don't really want to deal with.
I don't think things will lead me astray, as long as I'm tapped into myself.
I want to keep doing projects that speak for people within the community and tell different types of meaningful stories.
I was bullied in elementary to middle school. It messed with my self esteem.
I definitely wasn't the kid playing sports. I was super different.
I'm acting! And doing it for income! But it's for something that I love, and that's super rare.
