I have a no-die clause in every movie. The black people can't be dying all the time.

You can huff and puff. But blow me down? I doubt it kid, or you get your ass whupped.

I enjoy going to work and having a good time. It's tough when you got to work with people who just are in a bad mood all the damn time.

My mother wouldn't allow me to speak slang when I was growing up. But when I got outside, around my friends, it was 'Yo' and 'That's the joint' and 'Yo, what's up?' So I had my game for my friends and my game for my mom.

You almost have to step outside yourself and look at you as if you were someone else you really care about and really want to protect. Would you let someone take advantage of that person? Would you let someone use that person you really care about? Or would you speak up for them? If it was someone else you care about, you'd say something. I know you would. Okay, now put yourself back in that body. That person is you. Stand up and tell 'em, "Enough!

Look at people for an example, but then make sure to do things your way. Surround yourself with positive people.

I would like - either as an actor, or producer or even director - to do something sci-fi or action-related. I like sci-fi, always have, 'Star Trek' and 'Star Wars' and all that stuff.