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

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

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.

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.

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.

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