“I’ve had to kind of grapple with it and meditate on it. And what I’ve come to and what I’m very happy about is, what an award means, what a trophy means is that people of your community (are) saying this year, this time, you contributed to the art form at large,” he explained. “That is something that is quite moving for me. And if you think this young boy, from Dallas, Texas, is adding to the canon of theater arts, of performing arts, of cinema, well I’m humbled and I’m very excited.”