I love bikes. I used to own one, but I fell off it when I was younger and that was the end of my bike riding days until now.

Africans, we hold on to our youths and whip them into shape.

White actors still get way more money in Hollywood. It's been that way for a very long time. I hope it'll change, but it's a matter of forcing that change.

Actors tend to not know how their performances are going to actually be used. Even though the script says one thing, in the edit, it can be something else.

I knew that if I wanted to be all I could be, I would have to go to the US. It took three years to get the accent right.

My Father always told me that a fool at 40 is a fool for life.

What kind of role do you play after someone like Stringer, you know what I mean? You play another gangster. What’s the point of that? I’ve played the gangster. I try to keep it really varied; it just makes for more of a fun and interesting career.