I try to avoid typecasting by doing different roles.

I came up during that time when music, to me, was really music. It wasn't about talking about a woman and calling them a derogatory name or something like that. It was real music.

A lot of kids think they can just go to Hollywood and become an actor or actress. It's not that easy. There are millions of kids who come out here wanting to act. So, you have to have a plan, and you have to stick with that plan, because it's not going to be easy by any means.

My best advice about working in Hollywood is: Save your money!

I believe that teachers committed to the community are the ones who deserve to earn the top dollar, a starting salary of a quarter million dollars a year.

I'm used to being the big tough guy, the bodyguard type.

My sister used to say I had a frail chest and she 'd beat me up all the time.