Boris Kodjoe

I like to laugh, I like to smile, and I don't take myself too seriously. I can be a goofball.

— Boris Kodjoe

The whole time I was modeling, I had a place in Paris, and a place in New York, and I was really…

— Boris Kodjoe

I'm always an entrepreneur, but I'd probably be a teacher. I like teaching kids, whether that's tennis on the courts or history…

— Boris Kodjoe

I came to America because of a tennis scholarship. I really wanted to get away because I was really frustrated about my…

— Boris Kodjoe

I was looking to show people I could act. I was looking for something that would take me away from the whole…

— Boris Kodjoe

I've always given people the benefit of the doubt until they prove me otherwise.

— Boris Kodjoe

It's so not sexy and intimate. There are 40 people in the room. There's a guy with his belly hanging out, with…

— Boris Kodjoe

We shoot 12 to 14 hours a day. To do all that physical stuff yourself, you have to be on a nutritional…

— 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…

— Boris Kodjoe

Secular artists see themselves with performance; they are more self involved, presentational.

— Boris Kodjoe

Yet, that's what studios do. If one thing works, they'll keep doing it till it runs its course and people aren't interested…

— Boris Kodjoe

I love the fact that we, as black people, carry our faith with us. We share it and embrace it and love…

— Boris Kodjoe

In Vienna, when I was a year-and-a-half or two years-old. I remember it because I remember the little blue raincoat I used…

— Boris Kodjoe

I believe trust is a choice.

— Boris Kodjoe

I knew immediately that she was going to be in my life forever. I didn't know in what capacity, but I knew…

— Boris Kodjoe

I just didn't know who was going to be my partner. I knew that once I had grown to be a man…

— Boris Kodjoe

You can be very independent, but admit to wanting somebody close to you and that's what me and my wife have. We…

— Boris Kodjoe

Colloquialism is the toughest part of what we do, as foreign actors, because there are certain sayings that you guys have that…

— Boris Kodjoe

I had to study acting to basically educate myself.

— Boris Kodjoe

We are willing to weather the storm of multiple failures to achieve a goal. We're so convinced in the destination that we…

— Boris Kodjoe

Let's say black, the whole black religious experience, here, is very impressive to me, because when I first arrived I realized that…

— Boris Kodjoe

I'm the same person. I don't put on a face. I'm the same guy every time you see me.

— Boris Kodjoe

Usually, when you talk about serialized TV, you're talking about one specific beat that you play, over and over again.

— Boris Kodjoe

I went back and researched the history of gospel; where it came from, slavery times, communicating with each other without their master…

— Boris Kodjoe

The Southern Baptist Church is a specific culture in itself. So, I had to study, talk to people, watch tape and go…

— Boris Kodjoe