Our household is built on love and respect. And we don't really let negative vibes stay too long. It's worked out. I got a great family, great kids.

Truth is the ultimate power. When the truth comes around, all the lies have to run and hide.

I did Are We There Yet? because I wanted to do a movie for my fans' kids. Black kids don't really see movies on this budget for them, starring them. And there's so many white kids that love that movie.

You really have to challenge yourself to come out of those parameters that they put you in, even if that's your job.

That's always been my approach, to expose what's going on and what's not being said. I could go the selfish route, and probably make a whole lot more money, but that's not what it's about, it's about speaking for people who can't speak for themselves.

I care about what I look like on the red carpet.

I always was like, "Yo, I'm here, I might as well get what I could take."