I think that my "Let's get it done! Let's have fun! Let's make a great movie!" attitude helped. I rarely have problems on my movies with egos and attitudes.

If you really think back to the culture or just black America before rap music took off, New York could have been Paris.

I don't consider myself ever joining. But I have affiliations, for sure.

My movies work because not many people in Hollywood are like me.

For my birthday, buy me a politician!

I think rap music is brought up, gangster rap in particular, as well as video games, every other thing they try to hang the ills of society on as a scapegoat.

It's always been jewelry, clothes, appearance. Those are things that compete with the car. But the car is the ultimate. Get that car right and it doesn't matter what you got on or what you wear once you step out of that car.