I never really had the classic struggle. I had faith.

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

[Black people] come into the world exactly like you. It's just that there are circumstances in the culture that are dictated and put on our lives that we have to fight against.

We'll all retire from life at some point. The great thing about acting is you don't necessarily have to retire.

You never know how you're going to affect people.

My mother never gave up one me. I messed up in school so much they were sending me home, but my mother sent me right back.

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