Trevante Rhodes

I'm a cinephile. I love foreign films; I love films that are really immersive.

— Trevante Rhodes

From start to finish, my experience with 'Moonlight' has been the most unique thing.

— Trevante Rhodes

My mother is the most important person I know, and I try to be the same as she.

— Trevante Rhodes

I can eat a lot of pizza. And I can cook. I'm from New Orleans, so it's just in my blood.

— Trevante Rhodes

I'm very inquisitive, and I always have questions and need to touch things to see how it works or why it works.

— Trevante Rhodes

I'm the kind of person where I always digest everything around me.

— Trevante Rhodes

Within my second month of being in L.A., I booked my first audition. It was, like, a co-star on a show called…

— Trevante Rhodes

Chiron is so distant from the person I am; it's important for me to distance myself from that so people can understand…

— Trevante Rhodes

I'm the way I am now because I was bullied when I was the lanky, gangly, skinny kid. I was the guy…

— Trevante Rhodes

As actors and directors, I feel like our job, more so than anything else, is to shine a light on a subject…

— Trevante Rhodes

People-watching is my favorite thing to do. This is blowing my mind. I fixate on one person, and then I think about…

— Trevante Rhodes

If we can fathom stripping away sexual orientation, skin color, sex, we're all the exact same: We just want connection. We just…

— Trevante Rhodes

Whenever you see someone who's having a rough day, it's one thing to ask if they're okay, because most people would just…

— Trevante Rhodes

As for what I look for, I don't know any other way to put it, but I look for truth, and honesty,…

— Trevante Rhodes

The question people ask me all the time is, 'How was it playing a gay character? How was it pretending to love…

— Trevante Rhodes

I enjoy learning about other people. I really didn't understand that until 'Moonlight.'

— Trevante Rhodes

I was really squeamish growing up - not too fond of blood and guts.

— Trevante Rhodes

Everything I want, I do it like it's the last thing.

— Trevante Rhodes

For me, I coin Austin as being kind of a baby brother to L.A. Because it's pretty much the same thing; L.A.…

— Trevante Rhodes

I find it really unique that the black community, who has been oppressed and is still oppressed, can find a way to…

— Trevante Rhodes

One of my best friends since I was eleven years old is a gay man, and I knew his struggle. It was…

— Trevante Rhodes

I always loved watching films. I've always been active, pretending I was a Power Ranger or a Ninja Turtle. I remember watching…

— Trevante Rhodes

The main thing that I learned in doing 'Moonlight' is that we get to shine light on a way of living, or…

— Trevante Rhodes

To me, acting used to be just, 'Get my face out there, get girls, make a little bit of money, make my…

— Trevante Rhodes

I was given an opportunity to do sports in college and get a degree because of it. I ran track for the…

— Trevante Rhodes