What we'd consider a positive role model, I think it's impossible to actually be a role model. You'll have your flaws or defects of character, regardless. You just speak like a positive role model, and that's just something that you're being conscious of, and you make the decision, "I want to say positive things."

Every negative is a positive. The bad things that happen to me, I somehow make them good. That means you can't do anything to hurt me.

Negative energy that comes at you in some form is energy that can be turned around - to defeat an opponent and lift you up.

Death gotta be easy cause life is hard

In Hollywood they say there's no business like show business. In the hood they say there's no business like ho' business.

I feel a huge gratification out of being right. To see my projects connect in a way in which the audience is passionate is a huge compliment. For me it's like, if a person is ambitious enough, they run in a tunnel that doesn't end...And I learn things about myself all the time.

My description of fun would be to sit on someone's couch and watch TV. Regular cable TV. When I'm in a hotel, on-demand is the same. I watch the TV in another language, trying to figure out what they're saying.