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.

It is important to keep your head up and follow what you believe is right.

My family was very supportive of my acting. They didn't really have a choice because I got jobs acting before anyone could really say anything. It paid my way through college and helped my family out.

The camera is interested in what you are thinking as opposed to just what you are doing or saying.

I had been working early in my life in films - since I was 11.

Part of the work is determining through what instrument you are playing. Actors are physical, olympian storytellers and we should be able to create entire landscapes with nothing.

Rap is rhythm and poetry. Hip-hop is storytelling and poetry as well.