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If the only thing that was interesting about Jefferson Pierce is that he is African-American, I don't think we'd have much of a show.
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It's one thing to be a comic book fan, but when you have to create a character and put him in a suit and keep the story grounded in reality, the challenge sometimes is making sure he actually uses his powers.
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I think that people in America, unfortunately or fortunately, are just discovering different aspects of the humanity of African-American people. And so I think with that discovery comes, 'Oh, you could be a superhero; you could be president or whatever it is that we thought you couldn't be.'
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My mother, Betty, was an entertainer - she opened up for James Brown, Ike and Tina Turner - and I had an uncle who would work as a chef in a restaurant, 6-foot-3 or 6-foot-4. I was young, so he could have been shorter, but in my mind, that's how tall he was.
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I came up seeing what a lot of young brothers see in this world, and you learn to deal with people with a long handle spoon in order to survive.
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Women want you to feel that you're just as attracted to them today as you were when you first met them, and for me, that's the truth.
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It's less about Trump and more about the people... If the American people are willing to elect someone like that president, then that's more of a problem.
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I have two little black boys. And a film like 'Do the Right Thing' can help illuminate the times for them with great storytelling.
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Michael Schultz's 'Cooley High' is a classic. Oftentimes, we don't get to see films about coming of age, especially for young African Americans.
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Most guys have to go through this: When do you separate yourself from your friends? Some of them are going to go left, some of them are going to go right, some are going to go straight. And you have to go on your path.
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Nina Simone, to me, singing about black culture - she's unparalleled.
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I never like to do storytelling where everything is just copacetic right after that episode.
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