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I'd always tell my mom, 'I want to be famous like Claudia Schiffer or Brigitte Bardot.'

I knew I was going to be famous later in life.

At the end of the day, if I can say that I had a career where I was able to play all different kinds of characters and I'm known as someone who is well-respected for my approach to the craft, that would be a beautiful life.

I had immense ambition to become a really valuable actress.

I knew I belonged to the public and to the world, not because I was talented or even beautiful, but because I had never belonged to anything or anyone else.

My character has always been important to me. That was the one thing that I knew, no matter what, I had to hold that strong.

I have this ability to find this hidden talent in people that sometimes even they didn't know they had.

When I went to drama school, I knew I was at least as talented as other students, but because I was a black man and I wasn't pretty, I knew I would have to work my butt off to be the best that I would be, and to be noticed.