Although some people will say it's a cliché, I think not having had a father when I was growing up affect me negatively because I didn't have a good role model to follow.

Any time you risk big you often risk losing big. You can win big but you can also lose big, but you have to be willing to take those risks.

It gave me strength and toughness because I had to face reality, no matter how uncomfortable or painful it was.

If you really want to be competitive in today's market you have to be in movies that make money.

If you're of multiple races, you have a different challenge, a unique challenge of embracing all of who you are but still finding a way to identify yourself and I think that's often hard for us to do.

There have been so many people who have said to me, 'You can't do that,' but I've had an innate belief that they were wrong. Be unwavering and relentless in your approach.

There's a place in me that can really relate to being the underdog.