I also like to get out there to promote a positive message about the importance of family and faith and of doing the right thing.

And I tell you, having girls has made me a much better man. I have friends who are fathers, but they only have boys, and they have the same attitude toward women they always had, you know? And I don't play that... My girls, you mess with them? I will bury you underground.

It's all about love and how we are all connected.

Even my going back to school was to inspire young people that it's never too late to education. That's all I can do, and try to be the best father and husband that I can be.

I always say one of my favorite things about making movies is finishing on that last day because I get to have my life back and let that go, and hopefully have a real sense of accomplishment at the end of it.

You can't have a conscience in the pimp game.

As soon as I ended up being incarcerated, I said, you know, this is not the life for me.