Words matter. These are the best Jay Ellis Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
I’m not a believer in ‘what you don’t know won’t hurt you,’ unless it’s innocent.
I love to study people and pick apart what makes a person or character who they are. I never want to get complacent in that.
I think our life is a journey, and we make mistakes, and it’s how we learn from those mistakes and rebound from those mistakes that sets us on the path that we’re meant to be on.
It’s like one of the best things that can ever happen to you as an actor: to have your story reach people, even if they don’t look like you and even though they may not be able to identify with a black male; they can still identify with what’s happening to you.
Where I went to high school at was a predominantly white town, and I definitely got pulled over a number of times for driving in the wrong car on the wrong side of town. As you get older, you start to realize that at any moment, there could be a trigger, and that could be you in that situation.
I had a journalist slap me, and it wasn’t anyone that I had ever met before. I was at the airport.
I feel like I’m exactly where I’m supposed to be, which is both settling and terrifying. The roller coaster is going, and there is no jumping off at this point unless I just go nuclear. It’s a really interesting part of the whole journey.
I auditioned for Lamorne Morris’ part, Winston, on ‘New Girl.’ In the scene, the character was eating a mayonnaise sandwich. I thought, ‘Nobody else is going to go into the audition eating, and this is how I’m gonna set myself apart.’
I like to be fulfilled in telling stories and in creating, but I’m just a curious person.
After the success of ‘Empire’ and ‘How to Get Away with Murder’ and ‘Scandal’ and ‘Power’ and ‘Black-ish’, which all had characters that were genuine, authentic, and had the language of real people, I found myself coming into pilot season and every network just wanted to have their version of one of those shows.
Dating, to people, can mean completely different things.
Young women who come to Rise every weekend range from ages 15-19 years if they’re in school and 19-24 years if they’re out of school. These empowered young women talk about protecting themselves, their friends and communities and how they can educate people to help break the stigma surrounding AIDS.
My dad was in the service, so I went to 12 schools in 13 years.
There are tons of talented people out there, and we just don’t get a chance to get into this system. I want to be a part of that. I want to help these young, diverse, unique voices tell stories.
I’m insanely curious about life and everyone’s story and where they come from and how they got to be who they are.
