In March 2007, Kristoff was awarded the 2007 NAACP Image Award for outstanding actor in a daytime drama series for his role as Neil Winters on Y&R. The awards celebrate the achievements of people of color in literature, tv, film and music.
Kristoff: (on his change of style of dress) I've always worn jeans and T-shirts and that's what I'm buying, but for the first time in a long time, I went out and bought myself a pair of $3000 jeans! I've hit a few stores, like Nordstom's and M Fredrick. I've always been so frugal about my clothing because I have kids and they come first. Then there's the bills, the wife and the ex-wife, but I've just spent $100 on a T-shirt, and thought, 'Wow, how can they charge that much?' But it sure looks good!
Kristoff: (on race rarely commented on in daytime drama) Hmmm. You've got to be careful what you say on this topic, and, I guess therein lies my answer. Daytime has always been pretty cautious about stepping over that fine line and offending somebody of colour and has usually taken a backseat to the issue.
Kristoff: (on his children following in his footsteps) Paris used to play the piano and could have done something with that, but she decided she was done with it and there was no changing her mind. Julian's very much into his music and is a pretty talented film maker and videographer. Lola is a little Tasmanian devil. We'll see.