The fulfilling of who you are and your purpose for being here is not found outside, it's trusting God to move you, to inspire you.

The truths that are found in the Bible are universal truths. And it shapes who you are and guides you throughout your life.

I'm old-school. I like action, but I want to see somebody fall in love. I want to see that life stuff.

There are those who spend their lives studying it and those who spend their lives doing it.

For me, what's wonderful for me at this stage of my life is that I get to work with people I've admired for a long time.

When we come together and appreciate each other, that's always a positive thing; a step in the right direction. That is what the NAACP Image Awards do. If we can just come together and love each other, that's important. I do feel like there's a lack of love but oddly enough, we blame the lack of love on other people not loving and appreciating our accomplishments. But the real reality is we haven't loved and appreciated our own accomplishments.

Recently, I was giving a speech and I said that it's time for many of us to "go home." Not necessarily to move back home but rather to go back to our communities and support those outreach programs and those people who could use our assistance.