I was born and raised in the Bay Area. It's the place I got a deep, deep affection for.

As an actor, you never want to feel like a tool. You never want to feel like, "Hey, just come here, say this, stop here, look this way," and that's it. You want to have a little input.

I think that humanity is at an all-time low in how we value life, especially among young Black people. We just don't really value each other's lives .

I'm pretty sure that wasn't Oscar's first time getting harassed or held-up by authorities. And over time you start to feel some type of way when you get pulled over. "Oh, I gotta go through this. Again."

It may not happen in my lifetime, but if I can play a part in moving things along, then I feel I've done a good job.

[Ryan Gosling] just got by because he's a cute kid? Yeah. I was an ugly kid; "The Mickey Mouse Club" wasn't for me.

The douchiest thing a guy could do on a date is to make a girl pay. If you invite her out and then make her pay.