I'll say that I don't think you can throw a stone and not come in contact with someone who knows someone or has problems with substance abuse.

I can't speak for what other artists should do. I can only tell you how I live.

I choose projects that resonate with me on some personal level and projects that I'm afraid to do. If I'm afraid to do them, then I usually say yes, because it means that I'm not ready to go there and deal with certain aspects of the script.

I just know that the one thing that we all have in common is challenges. No one lives a challenge free life.

Every character I get to play has some element of who I am, but there's no fun in playing yourself. At least, for me, there isn't.

I'm probably the most militant person you'll ever meet and I speak my mind without provocation sometimes.

You cannot live to please everyone else. You have to edify, educate and fulfill your own dreams and destiny, and hope that whatever your art is that you're putting out there, if it's received, great, I respect you for receiving it. If it's not received, great, I respect you for not.