For me, I believe in God, God is real.

I get offered to do stuff where the money's nice but it's not something I want to do - I get offered a lot of commercials too.

I think black people have to be in control of their own image because film is a powerful medium. We can't just sit back and let other people define our existence.

Because many advances have happened, we've lost the urgency (and that's just human nature) that we had before, when we couldn't vote, couldn't use mass transportation, or drink from the fountains.

I collect names for characters. Names are valuable; they can be your first source of insight into a character.

I've been blessed with the opportunity to express the views of black people who otherwise don't have access to power and the media. I have to take advantage of that while I'm still bankable.

When I went to school, you had to take art, you had to play an instrument. You had to play an instrument. But it's all degraded since then. I do not know what kind of nation we are that is cutting art, music, and gym out of the public-school curriculum.