Independent films are where you really get to cut your teeth and have some fun and do the things that mainstream Hollywood doesn't want to do.

I've worked with some actors who can't act.

Some of these guys... I've worked with Ice Cube, I think he's an immensely talented rapper and actor.

I went to the High School for Performing Arts, and to Howard University on a talent scholarship.

It takes all sorts to make a world - saints as well as soldiers.

Things are changing. I've been training since I was 9 years old to stretch my wings as an actor dramatically, but have never really been afforded the opportunity to show that.

It doesn't matter what people feel about you because everyone is going to have an opinion.