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

My father always said that if you want oranges, you have to go to where the oranges grow.

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.

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

I'm damn near 37 years old, and I'm jumping up and down on the bed like my 10-year-old. I was a wild man

Having gandchildren you see the world through much broader perspectives. And you're more aware of your actions your thoughts and how it will affect your family. And the families around your family. You have to be a lot more careful. But you also relax a little bit. Because, you know, you've done your duty. I've reproduced and my reproductions have reproduced.