You have to cherish things in a different way when you know the clock is ticking, you are under pressure.

I just think people have been very gracious and welcoming me on set, and even off set.

I majored in directing. However, I did spend some time at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, so I am somewhat well-versed in African Studies.

Girls like dudes that are overweight. I know too many women who say, "I like you now that you've got a little thicker," and I don't really know any woman that says, "I like you now that you've got bald."

I'm an artist. Artists don't need permission to work. Regardless of whether I'm acting or not, I write. I write when I'm tired in fact, because I believe your most pure thoughts surface.

You have to cherish things in a different way when you know the clock is ticking, you are under pressure.

I would love to play Jimi Hendrix.