We know what hair smells like when a hot comb hits it. That's a cultural thing. We know what that smells like on Sunday mornings, usually church-related or something. In my house, it was getting ready for church and your sister was getting her hair fried.

For whatever reason, God has blessed me with the ability, put me in a position to make these leaps and bounds. I'm fulfilling my part of the bargain, which is to give back and be a positive influence on others.

I know, as an actor, I don't like sharing everything with the director. And it's fine if they don't with me.

As an actor in the theater you're taught that you never play a bad guy. You have to love who you are. You can't say, "Oh, I'm a bad guy." How do you play that?

I've been fortunate. I don't pick scripts. Scripts pick me.

If you want to be a warrior, you have to train.

Acting is just a way of making a living, the family is life.