Am Quote by Nelsan Ellis

It's hard to get an education when teachers spend 70 percent of their time trying to discipline students.

— Nelsan Ellis

Whenever you have a character in which one of his defining qualities is his sexuality, it's always challenging, because you don't want to bring…

— Nelsan Ellis

When I moved to Chicago, I was coming from a school that didn't have any arts in Alabama. I essentially came from a town…

— Nelsan Ellis

I'm not an emotional person; I keep it in, and I wouldn't know how to get it out if it weren't for acting and…

— Nelsan Ellis

At some point in my life, I wanted to be in a vampire movie.

— Nelsan Ellis

I was quiet, and I was artistic. I liked writing poetry, and that was very strange, so I was bullied a lot.

— Nelsan Ellis

When you're in a position that you can comfortably give, you need to pay it forward.

— Nelsan Ellis

There were not many black students at Juilliard, unfortunately. So when you get there, you become very good friends, in particular, with the other…

— Nelsan Ellis

Although I can be a leading man, you wouldn't look at me and go, 'He's a leading man.'

— Nelsan Ellis

My mom's side, they're southern Baptist Christian.

— Nelsan Ellis

I had no intention of being an actor.

— Nelsan Ellis

You go back to my town, it's like going back to the 1960s... just not a great place to grow up.

— Nelsan Ellis