So I show appreciation for the little gifts that have been handed to me.

I don't think President Obama has been that revolutionary in reaching out to ethnic communities. President Reagan did a lot for the black community that people don't realize.

But George Lucas is carrying about Black actors, about Black men, about Black history, which really incorporates and tells all of history. You can't take one race out without eliminating every other race if you're going to tell the story of the human race.

There's also a part of me that's self-destructive, and another part that's a hero who's going to stand up for a principle.

You keep knocking on the devil's door long enough and sooner or later someone's gonna answer you.

I am an engineer, but what I find important and necessary is that you just learn things as you go along.

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