If somebody comes up and they're African American as Mike is, and they're extremely talented as Mike is, they say, "Oh, yeah, he's the next ..." I think that it points to disparity.

How are people who are young and look like Oscar [Grant] portrayed in the media? You gotta think about that. And somebody given a badge and a gun and told to go police in those communities, all of a sudden they got to protect and serve and talk to people they never even spent time with [and] they might have formed opinions about.

Watching a really good movie excites me, because it makes we want to get up off the couch and go shoot something and act in a scene.

I'm hoping to develop a lot of graphic novels and television shows and films and animation. I've got my hands in a lot of different things!

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

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

My mother's in my life, but at the time you imagine your mom passing away, not being there ... as a kid you try to think of something that hurts you the most ... It was just a tool [in "Hardball"].