Every action begins with a thought, and if you don't watch what you're thinking, your thoughts will get the best of you.

We can overcome if we change the way we see, see ourselves, see our past, see our possibility.

Entertainment is the greatest socializing force in the world.

We need to start looking at what we can do as a society to set up men like Sir Lance and Ty and even the young man over the gang for success because it's a system that's broken, not just the actions of the individual.

I believe that personal healing is a path to social transformation.

Every action begins with a thought, and if you don't watch what you're thinking, your thoughts will get the best of you.

My personal story is that my father was a heroin addict and a heroin dealer and has been in and out of prison my entire life, he's been arrested sixty times. I also have an older brother addicted to crack cocaine who's been in and out of prison so it was really important for me to tell a story that shows the humanity and the journey of a man getting of our prison and trying to re-acclimate into society. It's apart of our community that we have stereotypes and ideas about but we don't actually know much about it, unless we know someone personally.