I know nothing of what it is to be a gangster.

I come to work on time. I focus on my job. I bust my scenes out and everything else kind of happens from there.

My dream role is to portray someone like James Baldwin. I've always been a fan of his writing, and I feel like he's one of our unsung heroes. He's been pretty much forgotten, and I think he needs to be recognized. He had to go all the way to Europe to find recognition and acceptance, and I'd just like to bring him to the forefront.

My goal is to end mass incarceration and change the laws to stop locking up low-level, nonviolent drug charges. Stop charging drug addicts as criminals.

No one wakes up one day and decides they want to become a drug dealer or they want to be a stick-up kid. Those decisions are made after a series of events have happened in one's life.

Music is always a part of my characters' make-up.

The most successful people reach the top not because they are free of limitations, but because they act in spite of their limitations