My childhood was pretty colorful; I like to use the word turbulent. But it was a great time to grow up, the '70s and '80s in Brooklyn, East Flatbush. It was culturally diverse: You had Italian culture, American culture, the Caribbean West Indian culture, the Hasidic Jewish culture. Everything was kind of like right there in your face. A lot of violence, you know, especially toward the '80s the neighborhood got really violent, but it made me who I am, it made me strong.

I grew up in East Flatbush in Brooklyn which was an intense neighbourhood filled with different West Indian cultures.

You have to put your character to rest after x amount of years.

You know, Tupac is very near and dear to my heart. He started my career as an actor.

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.

Revenge is not a positive state of mind or energy to indulge your self in.

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