What was funny, going to the gym, you see all these guys who are just massive. There's no way a person can naturally get that way. In the gym, you meet these guys and you talk to them, and everybody's really willing and open to explain to you what cycle they're on and to help you get on it.

There are a lot of limitations and stigmas that are placed on young actors, specifically young black actors.

People fight for their regulars. It gets dirty sometimes.

One thing that I've been very vocal about roles I take, and my representation has been very smart about, is that I didn't go to Juilliard to be "Thug #2" in movies. I like to be challenged. I'd say that about 40% of the roles I've done have been written for white men.

I'm a poet. I'm just a renaissance man in my heart. I can build shelves and I can write poetry.

If everyone invested in the neighborhood they lived in, the United States would be a magical place.

There was this rapper from New Orleans, Mystikal, who when I hear his music, I hear myself. Whenever I wanna get hyped, I put on Mystikal.