Actors are intelligent. Yet, many of them do not communicate well. That's what makes it so hard to have a relationship with one.

As an African-American male born with a couple of strikes against you because of your skin color, I think it's very, very important to have some positive role models around, especially male influences.

It's rare for artists to really stare deeply at themselves in the mirror, literally, because there's constantly a mirror on you. But figuratively speaking, I'm really into growth, so when I look in the mirror, I see somebody who's just trying to get better everyday.

The reason why people don't get called back to sequels is because they did badly in the original [movie].

Actors are intelligent. Yet, many of them do not communicate well. That's what makes it so hard to have a relationship with one.

Poetry has, in a way, been my bridge to my acting career.

You know, I think anybody who has been in relationships has access to heartbreak - I don't think we have to go far to find it, whether we inflicted the heartbreak or whether we were the recipient of it.