(I'm) much more ... standoffish and hot headed, more intense (than Rashad). Not so dead set on doing the right thing more so than the right now thing; at that age anyway.

I always want to execute and maximize off of potential, and this is a natural progression. Coming up as a youngster, I always wanted to be a rapper, but I knew that if I did everything right as a rapper, I'd end up as an actor, following the models of Ice Cube, Tupac [Shakur] and Will Smith.

As long as you focus on your strengths and remain natural, then you come off natural [in your work].

Some of y'all are not where you want to be in life, yet you party every weekend. What is it that you’re celebrating?

We cannot continue to get caught up in having material abundance and yet be fundamentally and spiritually broke.

People put me on a box, and I love when people think they know what I am capable of or not capable of. I thrive off of that.

I want to do things that shock people. I think that persona attributes more to the roles that other people may consider me for, rather than the ones I consider for myself.