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

Do what you have to do, to do what you want to do.

I'm older and wiser. So and now having segued into filmmaking I'm looking at [Ridley Scott ] and what he does in an entirely different way and I have respect for what he does and how he composes shots. So that was what was completely fascinating.

I wasn't allowed to go to movies when I was kid; my father was a minister. 101 Dalmatians and King of Kings, that was the extent of it.

That's what I tell young actors. "You don't have to compromise. Go do some theater and wait for an appropriate role."

Got to be who you are in this world, no matter what.

The only reason I'm acting in films I direct is to get the money to make them, quite frankly, it's not what I'm interested in doing.