I think [director] Malcolm Lee is a real master at being able to make you laugh while bringing serious subject-matter, so the movie doesn't hinge on silliness, but on real life.

I don't know what's my first real memory. When you're little, you're always looking forward to days that are special, like Christmas, birthdays, the Fourth of July, and family gatherings. But I can't pinpoint my earliest memory.

Nobody I know got killed in South Central LA. Today was a good day.

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

You like a woman, she's got kids, it's a package. You can't just go in one-sided.

There's never really been a real hood Christmas movie.

I figured, when I make a movie, especially earlier in my career, one thing I was going to make sure was that the movie doesn't cost a lot and that it has potential to make a lot of money. That's how you get respect in Hollywood.