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My ego's not the kind that says, 'I want to be an actor and be accepted as that.'

I'm kind of in a middle space, being marketed as a biracial actor. Roles are written either stereotypically black, or they're written 'normal,' which is just code for white.

I don't have an ego; I'm not egotistical or anything like that.

Of course I have an ego, but you have to have an ego. You have to be incredibly competitive. I can get competitive at times, way too much, and it becomes a little bit obsessive.

I don't think I'm egotistical as much as I'm taking responsibility for what I'm putting out there.

I think my roles have been wonderfully varied. Not one has been racially stereotypical, and I have purposely chosen them like that.

There is, I think, great difficulty in writing of one's self: it is almost impossible to present subjects where the chief actor must be conspicuous and not seem to be, or really be, egotistical.

There's certainly the ego-based me that is very competitive.

I'm in the acting business. That's the ego business.

I'm an artist and that means I can be as egotistical as I want to be.