I'm a positive person, so I don't get bogged down with it. If you're expecting that, if you wall in that, if you practice that, then you'll attract what you fear.

The strongest, toughest men all have compassion. They're not heartless and cold. You have to be man enough to have compassion - to care about people and about your children" (217) - John Singleton "Oh Man, I've Become My Father

I think the bottom of the totem pole is African-American women, or women of colour. I think they get the least opportunities in Hollywood.

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

In the movie I realized, I had the luxury of getting to see how the other person feels.

I'm a parent. I think we're responsible for the problems that young people have. I believe that. I don't blame them for any of it. I blame us for what we haven't done as mothers and fathers, not sticking together as a unit.

Talent comes from God. If you have been given some, then value it, cultivate it, work and develop it.