One of the reasons why people - particularly young people - love action movies is because what they are really looking for is justice.

I have six children and I love all my kids more than anything in the world.

I want to be able to work on a project that will give people around the world the chance to represent their own people, their own culture, their own stories, rather than just Hollywood - really, you know, dominated Hollywood. And that's a dream of mine.

It doesn't work if the bad guys kill his mother's uncle's friend's neighbor's pet dog. You've got to make the stakes high.

I'm gonna take you to the bank, Senator Trent. To the blood bank!

You can take away the money and the fame. I don't look at myself as any of those things.

I was born in Detroit, in an all black neighborhood.