I always wanted to scuba dive. I used to scuba dive undercover like black Aquaman.

Only way you can you get upset is when you expecting something.

I have so much respect for what's funny.

I was a street performer for two years.

Every time you see a black romance it's over-the-top. There always has to be extreme hostility between the sexes. He has to cheat. She has to show him how independently strong she is, not just as a woman but as a black woman.

America...Do not touch my TV, my DVD, my stereo, my dual-deck VCR. Do not touch my old school, my new school, my slow jams, my party jams, my happy rap, and you better not touch...My James Brown.

I know doing movies is where I need to be. That's where my audience wants to see me.