“To me, acting used to be just, 'Get my face out there, get girls, make...” — Trevante Rhodes Quote

“To me, acting used to be just, 'Get my face out there, get girls, make a little bit of money, make my mom proud.' It was just like sports. But there were moments in 'Moonlight' that I really felt like I had to know why he is the way he is. Or just people in general - why this person walks around with a frown on their face instead of a smile.”

“If we can fathom stripping away sexual orientation, skin color, sex, we're all the exact same: We just want connection. We just want love.”

“I can eat a lot of pizza. And I can cook. I'm from New Orleans, so it's just in my blood.”

“I'm the kind of person where I always digest everything around me.”

“I'm very inquisitive, and I always have questions and need to touch things to see how it works or why it works.”

“The main thing that I learned in doing 'Moonlight' is that we get to shine light on a way of living, or a person, or whatever it may be that otherwise wouldn't have light or that otherwise wouldn't have any exposure, so people have no idea.”

“I've been dealing with the press for 45 years. You need a very long spoon to sup with them. While you are always grateful, they are like badly trained dogs. They smile and wag and bite your arm off.”

“I'm a fun song maker. I love to make people smile. I also love to see them big, burly dudes crying because their wives' song is 'Die a Happy Man.'”

“I come to work with a smile and I leave with a laugh, and I'm so grateful.”

“I have a smile 24/7.”

“I sat in at every club in New York City, jamming with musicians, because it felt right - and because it felt right and we were having fun - the people dancing and sipping their drinks in the clubs felt it too and it made them smile.”

“When I am bowling I am a different guy, when I bat I am a different guy, I don't react, I don't smile much, when I bowl I smile, I fight, I show aggression, everything comes naturally.”