“Oftentimes in a marriage, you really don't have to say anything. You c...” — Salim Akil Quote

“Oftentimes in a marriage, you really don't have to say anything. You can sort of have a conversation without words.”

“We don't have a lot of black superheroes.”

“My mother, Betty, was an entertainer - she opened up for James Brown, Ike and Tina Turner - and I had an uncle who would work as a chef in a restaurant, 6-foot-3 or 6-foot-4. I was young, so he could have been shorter, but in my mind, that's how tall he was.”

“Yes, I, well, when I write, as often as I can, I try to write as if I'm talking to people. It doesn't always work, and one shouldn't always try it, but I try and write as if I am talking, and trying to engage the reader in conversation.”

“I want to be able to have a conversation with people. I don't want to be stupid. I'd like to have a life outside acting.”

“I feel like my first conversation with someone, I really get a good feeling about who that person is and mainly about how open they are.”