Boris Kodjoe

Sometimes in the black culture, being raised as an independent woman is misconstrued as someone who doesn't need a man. I think that's wrong. I think we all need someone. ↗

— Boris Kodjoe

#black #culture #i #i think #independent

Everybody goes through obstacles and problems and issues and turn their backs on people that we are fond of and love just because we hurt; and everybody goes through that. ↗

— Boris Kodjoe

#because #everybody #fond #goes #hurt

I had to study acting to basically educate myself. ↗

— Boris Kodjoe

#basically #educate #had #i #myself

As part of my relationship with my wife and my daughter, and we share everything and talk about everything. ↗

— Boris Kodjoe

#daughter #everything #part #relationship #share

Gospel artists are messengers; they are vessels of a message. ↗

— Boris Kodjoe

#gospel #gospel artists #message #messengers #vessels

I just didn't know who was going to be my partner. I knew that once I had grown to be a man that I was going to attract the person that I deserved to be with, or deserved to be with me. ↗

— Boris Kodjoe

#be a man #deserved #going #grown #had

I know I can act and it doesn't matter where you come from. ↗

— Boris Kodjoe

#come #i #i can #know #matter

I was looking to show people I could act. I was looking for something that would take me away from the whole hunk riding off into the sunset thing that people wanted me to play after Brown Sugar. ↗

— Boris Kodjoe

#after #away #brown #could #hunk

I'm in the booth and first of all, I'm from Germany and I had never heard a gospel in my life. ↗

— Boris Kodjoe

#first #first of all #germany #gospel #had

Let's say black, the whole black religious experience, here, is very impressive to me, because when I first arrived I realized that people carry their faith with so much pride. ↗

— Boris Kodjoe

#because #black #carry #experience #faith