For me, I'm always looking for the opportunity for a character that challenges me and lets me play two for the price of 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.

If reality shows are so popular, that means their viewers are screaming for more realness.

The way the recession has affected Hollywood, a lot of actors that had robust opportunities before in film no longer have such plum options, so cable has done a good job of becoming a happy medium for artists deemed film actors.

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.

For me, I'm always looking for the opportunity for a character that challenges me and lets me play two for the price of one.

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