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.

Never let anyone define you. You are the only person who defines you. No one can speak for you. Only you speak for you. You are your only voice.

I just see the opportunities and I go for them. I don't want to play my career safe. I've had my successes and I've had a few failures, too. But you just keep going and do the best that you can. That's what I've learned.

But think about how evil that is for one man to think that he's actually more valuable than a woman, because as a human being your worth is immeasurable.

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.

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

I was always more of a film guy than an athlete guy. I had an art scholarship at Western.