Each time you do a film you gain a lot of experience and build a visual resume where people get to know who you are.

I grew up in a family where we weren't allowed to talk about beauty or to put any emphasis on physical appearance.

That's what he was saying, the civil rights movement - judge me for my character, not how black my skin is, not how yellow my skin is, how short I am, how tall or fat or thin; It's by my character.

The first movie that I saw was Godzilla and I loved it.

Does a black person make them an African American? No. There are Hispanics that are very, very dark skinned so the word has lost its meaning, it's not a very concise or proper word to use even today and it wasn't then.