I had a lot of fun with Val Kilmer. He's like a big kid.

Antwone's story was a story of hope and that's what appealed to me. I needed hope myself at that time. I think all actors give up at some time and think they're never going to make it.

I get to be in movies where it's mostly dialogue, and I want to be in something, that for me, feels like kickboxing.

Denzel Washington invoked confidence. When you have confidence, you can do anything. And that's what happened. I learned about being honest and keeping it true, keeping it true in my performance.

Hip-hop was my first audience - I would rap in the mirror, walk down the street and listen to my Walkman.

Hollywood is a place where if you abide by the rules and laws, you can get depressed. That's why faith and spirituality is a higher law.

When your heart is first, you can be absent of heart but when you put spirit first, you have a reason for why you do heart.