I went to business school but left after four months because I just didn't want to be a puppet of society, stuck in an office, craving some sunlight.

The Dewey decimal system really works. So that's all I needed to know. Elementary school taught me that.

I'm stubborn. I'm hardheaded. I don't do what I don't want to do.

When I am scared of something, I run towards it, instead of away from it.

I love action. I love to move my body. Any chance I have to do that in my youth, I'll definitely jump towards it, for sure.

I'm like, "Well, damn, that means that I have to carry a flag." I don't have the freedom to just do anything, because I have the political weight of having this last name and my heritage. It's not like I've transcended, Will Smith-style. It takes a lot to pull that off, to cross over, and transcend.

I think empathy is a beautiful thing. I think that's the power of film though. We have one of the most powerful, one of the greatest communicative tools known to man.