I don't believe in premarital sex. It enabled me to date three or four women at the same time, because as long as I wasn't having sex with them, I could always just walk away.

The difference with Cleveland is that the racial tension was not a casual taste of it. It was outlandish.

I can't tell you if one day I'll be standing up there with an Oscar or directing, but I am going to be the best human being I possibly can

In every person we meet there's this little piece of God in them and that's who you talk to. And that's the only person that you allow to talk to you. When something else is speaking, you walk away from that. If it's not good, if it's not love, you walk away from it

The purpose of my life is being a father to my kids and being a husband to my wife.

And, so yeah, I'll always want to work in independent films because you're not forced into a category or a formula.

If a relationship is built on sexuality, it won't last long.