Will Smith would say your five closest friends are what you end up to be and ever since I heard him say that, I said I gotta know who's in my life because that's who you're going to become. That's advice I'd give to these young men out here, killing each other and at war at each other because it's bigger than that.

I was very excited to meet Amanda Seyfried. She is one of the most humbling human beings you will ever meet. She deserves success.

I did a film that was similar to that world, which was Brotherly Love, and the audience fell in love with [my character] June. So to be honest, I remembered what I did in that movie and studied that film and my mannerisms while shooting in Philly.

We need to be together, and love each other.

Martin Lawrence had no filter, and to me that was the greatest half hour of all time. Martin was ahead of his time.

I love helping people; just being of service makes me happy!

[My mother] worked at thrift stores and she didn't have a high school education. She sacrificed everything she had for me and my brothers. I never went without. She showed me that she could put food on the table, buy us Jordans, we had the best clothes and she worked two-three odd jobs.