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.

I found from working on the film that I am a bigot, at times. And that I am also a coward, at times.

It's just me and my guitar, and the rhythm's from there, and the poetry of life.

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

The reason that I'm an actor, or an artist, is ultimately because I'm trying to paint a self-portrait, and the most complete and beautiful self-portrait that you can.

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

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