I come from an era, in my world, where you just had to define yourself as who you are and what you do. I happen to be an actor. I happen to be someone that loves to act, that also likes music, that also likes to speak, and that also has an opinion.

When you come from an under-privileged background, oftentimes, you feel a little overwhelmed by your education or your lack of.

Waking up in TRUTH is so much better than living in a lie.

One of my first jobs was in a soap opera, five days a week. And what I found is, although there are different directors coming in and different crews, you just lived in your character. It's the nature of the story, the ongoing story, and it can get deeper and deeper.

Being able to work with Ridley Scott on this film is like being able to play on the Olympic team for actors.

[Sometimes] I sit in front of my [gaming] console with my headphones on and I play. I love that. It's a nice form of escapism.

It's actually quite criminal how 'The Wire' was systematically ignored.