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

I do happen to love Honey Nut Cheerios. I don't know if I want to walk down to the store in my pajamas for them. But I do love them.

My thing is to gain the respect as an actor, as a professional, and the friendship and everything else will happen from there.

I know plenty of adults who act like teenagers.

At the core of every person or belief, there's a pain and a thorn. There's always something, whether it's a physical thing, a health thing, or an I wish I had someone or something in my life thing. We all know some level of pain, so I like to see the ugliness of characters. It's a side that we show, only when we strip down in the bathroom mirror.

My only goal is to stay focused on my craft and make sure my life is as sharp as it can be to attack any character that is given to me.

The streets would have chewed me up and spit me out and I knew that, but I found my own ways and different knacks for getting in trouble and being reckless with my life. And I've overcome a lot of personal demons and to be alive is really my greatest achievement.