“Very frequently Black people and other people of color in this country...” — Cord Jefferson Quote

Very frequently Black people and other people of color in this country are taught that they need to be stoic and keep a stiff upper lip and not let anything affect you, or at least, you shouldn't show emotion if something affects you.

Anymore, I don't just not watch sports; I dislike them in a very visceral way.

When I first started working in... television, for instance, I didn't know that people who write for television generally choose one: either drama or comedy. That is the path. And so when I got into it, I just thought that, well, I want to do both.

Drilling gaping holes into the crust of the earth with fallible equipment in order to summon forth millions of gallons of hydrocarbons is difficult and extraordinarily precarious.

My whole thing as a performer is to affect people, whether I make you cry or I make you laugh. I would love to make you think.

You weren't going to the theater to change the world, but you had a chance to affect the world, the thinking and the feelings of the world.

So I think the biggest thing that I've learnt in my career is not allowing external factors to determine my self-worth - external factors being what coaches think of me, the amount of playing time I get - not allowing those things that actually are out of my control affect how I feel about myself.

Work is transformative. It gives you a greater chance of a greater income. You can affect your life while you're of working age, so you have scope and opportunity. Pensioners do not.