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The white audiences thought I was white, my features being what they are, and at every performance I'd have to take off my gloves to prove I was a spade.

I also believe that you are what you have to defend, and if you're a black man that's always going to be the bar against which you are judged, whether you want to align yourself with those themes or not. You can think of yourself as a colourless person, but nobody else is gonna.

The way I was brought up by my parents and guided through my football life by the influences of various managers means that in some ways I am black and white.

What you find in the theatre is that if you're good, no matter what color you are, the audience will buy that - whoever you are.

Performance is always something that will be a part of my career.

To get promoted, company executives need to be able to see you as one of them.

If I get noticed for my individual performance, that's what happens. Other than that, I'm just trying to win the game.

You know, I don't play the race card a lot. I'm half-black, half-white, and I'm proud of - my skin is brown. The world sees me as a black man, but my mother didn't raise me as a black man. She didn't raise me as a white guy.

I didn't see myself any different from my white counterparts in school. I just didn't! I thought I could do what they did. And what I didn't do well, I thought people were going to give me the opportunity to do well, because maybe they saw my talent, so they would give me a chance. I had no idea that they would see me completely different.