I'm not actually from Compton - I'm from South Central Los Angeles, and my father still lives in the same house I grew up in, so I'm there all the time.

Sometimes, when you want to laugh, reality steps in.

I hope everything works in our favor. The show is cool. It’s family fare. We ain’t aiming at the cheap seats. Instead, we’re making something with a broad appeal that people of any color or creed and from all walks of life can enjoy and maybe learn something from.

The '80s was wild compared to my real small childhood, which was late '70s.

I can't really attribute my success onscreen to any formula and suggest you "do this or that" to make it as an actor.

We don't do movies for the industry. We do movies for the fans, for the people. If the industry give you a trophy or not, or pat you on the back or not, it's nice, but it's not something you should dwell on.

Obama reminds me of the black kid at a white school that don't nobody want to play with.