I came out the womb dancing.
As we say in the hood, I'm a stoop kid.
Having been through the muck and mire, I've had my own brush with bad choices.
I use my job to engage empathy and compassion for people society might stereotype or ostricise.
My thing is to gain the respect as an actor, as a professional, and the friendship and everything else will happen from there.
You have to put your character to rest after x amount of years.