I'm trying to make enough money where I can be financially independent and be able to go and just pursue that thing that everybody really needs, just pursue my family and the cause of my family

Don't just view me as an actor.

Dating black women will ruin your life

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

I've always had a natural fear of the police, or abuse of their power

There's no excuse to hit a woman... Ever. Not even in a movie role, because you might really like it. And then what?

I knew that one movie could either kill my career or give birth to it. It's the same thing with Nelson. If you fail at Nelson [movie about nelson Mandela], you don't get to comeback and say, 'Well, I was trying. Let me do it again.' There are no re-takes.