Suffering is a good teacher. It keeps you in its grip until you've learned your lesson.

It was rough being dark. I got heat from my own people more than anyone else. I remember going to my mom and saying, 'Why am I so black?' And she said, 'Because I'm black. You just gotta always work harder than the average bear.'

Suffering is a good teacher. It keeps you in its grip until you've learned your lesson.

I love my daughter, but there's a certain feeling, a certain emotion when you got a granddaughter, you know?

Jerry Weintraub, the producer, might be a pain in the ass, but he really knows how to treat his actors.

I was a street performer for two years.

I'm not a star, and I don't want to be a star. Stars fall. I'm an ordinary guy with an extraordinary job.