Usually people who attack the rap are people who aren't even fans.

You don't wanna mess up what you've done. It's like Jordan coming back: You're scared to mess up the legacy.

Everybody thinks the grass is greener on the other side. If you talk to most artists, they think they can play something, you know, "If I had stayed playing football in high school, if I had been doing basketball..." Everybody's got their fantasies and thinks the grass is greener. It's not. It's not.

Early in my career, people wanted to hear music about protest, about trying to change things.

You learn that Hollywood has its own rules, sometimes. And it's tricky, and sometimes you can't see what's coming around the corner.

It's easier for me to get comedies made because of my track record. Everybody needs to find their niche. I love dramas, but I understand that I am still just a young man in moviemaking. I know there will be some time to get back to that.

I wish the world would become what God wanted it to be in the first place, before we tampered with it.