You see somebody like me, as young as I was at the time, driving around the inner city of Newark, and to them [police] it doesn't make sense. I've been illegally searched [and had] my car illegally searched. [I've] been handcuffed for no reason. You get in enough of those situations.

I've never been the kind of guy to hype myself up. It's just not my thing.

Honestly, I want to do films. I want to make that move from actor to producer, like Will Smith.

I think it's just easier for people to put you in a box or a lane because you look similar. I think that's unfair for anybody in any situation.

Do as much homework as you can. Learn everybody's job and don't just settle.

I encourage first time filmmakers to be ambitious and take chances and risks, because you never know where your career is going to go.

I really want to have a really, really strong, one-sided opinion on something, and be connected to it and tell that story. Until I find that thing or that topic or whatever it is, I don't want to direct.