I dare somebody to go to Atlanta and not have a good time.
I am the product of those who believed in me.
Atlanta's the hub of black culture, and it's OK to be you there - it's the city that really shaped me to be who I am.
I really love Instagram for the artwork.
The great thing about James Baldwin and his writing is that it's still fresh every time you pick it up. That's also the sad thing about his writing sometimes, too.
I used to draw and do a lot of calligraphy and typography. I'm a big sketcher, too.
I have been the hugest HBO fan since I was 3, watching programming that I had no business watching as a child.
It's not without its flaws - it's still the South and the Bible Belt - but Atlanta is one of those cities that's really good at uniting people.
This is the city that kind of formulated who I am. And, not only that, but to be black in Atlanta is one of the greatest things because you can go anywhere and feel familiar with anyone who's right next to you, from Bankhead to Buckhead.
Atlanta, in itself, is its own living, breathing thing.
At the end of the day, it's incredibly important to have a show like 'Atlanta' because if we can't stand up for and celebrate each other, then who will? Who will do it better?
Every single person you can think of called me Paper Boi.
I usually get approached by older white ladies of a certain class, with their pearls and, you know, their Talbots on and everything, and they're like, 'We just have to say, we know we're not your demographic, but we love Paper Boi; we really love this show, and we love what you're doing.' It's totally cool.
People like to use the word 'naivete' as a negative, but not for me.
The humility keeps me going forward.
I never really thought about what kind of career I wanted to map out for myself. I just wanted to do work that spoke to my heart. 'Atlanta' definitely did that.
Acting, for me, was kind of a way of survival, honestly. I'm the baby boy out of four different sisters, and I grew up in a house with so many different personalities that acting was the only way to not go to therapy.
I just remember watching my first theater class, and I was like, 'Oh I can get up there,' like I could absolutely get up and do this every day and learn about it.
That's the great thing about being an actor: getting the opportunity to do something that really speaks to you.
I think that's the best thing about being black is that we find a way to make our own communities and always give room for people to pull up to our tables. We always provide a way for other people from different walks of life to come into the communities that we have built because we're so used to being excluded.
