In some states, not even 50 percent of black boys finish high school.

This is not a skill problem, this is a will problem. Does America have the will to make education a priority? We know the things that work. Why don't we scale up those things that do work.

Struggling to stay in the middle class, and I love that. That's me and my dad and my family.

Sometimes even your friends don't understand your calling, your purpose, your vocation. But you have to stand in your truth anyway, and they will eventually come around to understanding you, if you do it lovingly.

What determines your altitude in life is your attitude.

When I'm at the premiere and I see the film in its entirety, I forget plot, I forget the story, I forget what my character goes through, because I really do just let it go.

Democrats, too often, take blacks for granted, and Republicans, too often, simply ignore black voters.