I'm not Russell Crowe. I'm not going to do a period piece.

You don't have to treat people differently. You may be living a different lifestyle, but the person living that different lifestyle still can relate to anybody and have the same amazing personality of the guy from North Philly.

Here's the thing. We do a movie with a predominantly black cast, and it's put in a category of being a black film. When other movies are done with a predominantly white cast, we don't call them a white film. I'm trying to remove the stigma off things they call black films.

I want to reach the status of becoming a mogul. And the only way you get there is by work.

The good thing about having chemistry is, when you get to the improv section of a scene, you've got somebody to feed off. It can go on and on and on, and the sky's the limit.

I don't know about other people, but I love to work.

Almost anything can be funny if said the right way - but it has to be said the right way.