Be collaborative. I've had some of my best experiences with directors who were able to sit down and have a conversation and ask me what I thought.

I don't like speaking on things that I don't care about and that I'm not personally invested in.

The world is a little more diverse in 2015 than when the Fantastic Four comic first came out in 1961.

For me the movie [Fruitvale Station ] wasn't about that. The movie's about [Oscar Grant] life. And what happens on the platform is a very short part of the film. It's from Oscar's perspective. From the perspectives of the relationships that he's involved with.

For AXE to take a chance on me and to help me, you know, collaborating with them was just a really, really big deal for me. It shows that they bought into me and vice versa so it's a good relationship.

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.

My life is so random. Certain things I can't even explain. There's a thing about being lucky and... I feel like certain things are just, like, in your cards. I'm just walking the path that's already set.