You need Black [people] sometimes to understand things about Black culture.

[T]here's nobody Black in charge of anything in Hollywood.

The person who understands Dharma will have the opposite reaction to a "hard" job. That person will be eager to get started, no matter what kind of work is in front of her, because she understands that she's doing God's work. And when you're working for God, nothing is too hard.

I try to do things that I think are helpful to the environment, to the animals, and to the planet.

Hip-hop took some lessons from rock 'n' roll, and rock 'n' roll took some lessons from hip-hop.

That was never my intention to compete with the Oscars.

Last year my wife got a Rolls-Royce.