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

All the things we have to remember, and I've mentioned this before, is that we're all artists.

No, most of the decisions that I make with regard to taking roles, I just look for something that's challenging, something that I think I can accomplish, you know

I don't have any love for this business or the game or for acting. This is my day job.

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

If we [black people] do not show up and support the march towards cinematic equality, the march towards being on a level at - we don't even have to be higher than whites, but to be viewed in the same common thread of this is a professional, these are stories that people are interested in, instead of being fed the same old BS dogma that's been fed and the studios have used.

We call the Creator father, because we rely upon Him to protect us, guide us, feed us, keep us warm, to discipline us and all those things. I try to take my cue from the Creator, with regard to my children.