There's drama in everything. That's why I love movies. Like Welcome to the Dollhouse, I'm a 350-pound black man, and I could understand what it was like to be a little white girl.

By myself, I'm a hard pill. My wife makes me look real good, because she smoothes my rough edges. That's why I say, "Take your wife everywhere. It's a good thing."

I was a sports nut. I stayed after school probably three hours every day - from fall, to winter, to spring. I went from football to basketball to track and it started all over again. I loved all of it. I just loved being an athlete and all that it entailed. It really accounts for who I am.

A lot of times people are too ego caught up where they made the decision and "We're going to stick with it" and then I had to suffer.

I want to be a man who mixes strengths and compassion. That's my magic elixir, so to speak.

Do you really miss anything that was worth watching at the MTV Awards?

You haven't experienced anything until you've been to Africa. You know the world is bigger than you are after you see Africa.