You have to live your life as if you are already where you want to be.

I signed Jay-Z because he was on fire. I wasn't a genius. The record was great. I put it on The Nutty Professor soundtrack and we signed him.

No matter how rich you are, you cannot transport yourself to the future or the past.

I don't want to appease everyone. It seems very difficult to be steadfast on truth and be a politician.

They're lacking culture in Hollywood. That gives me a big up, right? I know something about pop culture.

I just try to, in my own way, contribute to making a better Hollywood, to move Hollywood to be a leader in social justice, as it always has been, and not to have any holes in their own backyard while they continue to push for equality and all the things that they always stand up for.

Surround yourself with people who are smarter than you.