I hear music as narrative.

It is important to tell good stories. You can tell stories even if they are not huge, epic, and wonderful. You can still take the responsibility for being a scribe of your tribe.

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.

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

I applied to American Repertory School up at Harvard at got in.

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