If you look at the true essence of the Black Panthers, they were more of a community protection group.

Acting is the only medium were people think they can just stand up and do it because they can say lines, but that is not so much the case. You have to study styles and techniques.

The great thing about it is, in Hollywood, certain people are very good at keeping their lives and who they are very private. I've never met anybody as down to earth and cool in Hollywood than Matt Damon.

I went to school and made good grades and went to college. So I was afforded an opportunity through my parents' hard work that most people don't have.

I would love to be a superhero.

I'm not Martin Luther King. I can't be Martin Luther King. The only thing I can do is present what I feel the essence of Martin Luther King is.

I got a job as soon as I graduated from school. I always wanted to bartend because I love listening to people and how awful their lives are.