I think that rap is narrative, when it's done right.

We make a contract within ourselves as actors or directors or writers about how much of ourselves we let into projects. You can actually figure out before you work on something how much blood you will have to let emotionally.

In every character I play, I try to imbibe something. Every film is a learning process for me.

It is important to make your own stuff. Even if you are not an actor, it is important to not stop involving yourself as a creative person.

My first acting job happened by accident when I was really young. I was in fifth grade and my teacher saw an ad in the paper and took me to the audition after school and I got the part.

When you get to play with the big boys, your game improves drastically.

I like the theatre because you paint with broad strokes. To me the theatre is stretching its definition really far.