The only reason I did Showtime was Robert De Niro. I definitely consider him to be in the top 5 all time actors.

My life is nothing like the Daddy Day Care life. Me around the house is nothing like the Daddy Day Care dad.

I'm in a whole different part of show business. I'm not even part of Shakespeare in Love.

Theres this little box that African-American actors have to work in, in the first place, and I was able to rise above that box. I could have done a bunch of movies where I stayed as the Axel Foley or Reggie Hammond persona. But I didnt want to be doing the same thing all the time. Every now and then, you crash and burn, but thats part of it.

I’m a comedian who got into movies, so I don’t really think of myself as an actor.

In a movie like this, the relationship between the two guys is crucial. It sinks or swims on how these two guys are together. I think we did a good job.

I spent my 30s fixing everything I broke in my 20s.