Acting has helped me detox in football. Getting lost in a character and a scene, it's awesome.

There are a lot of black men doing really well, taking care of their families, taking care of their wives, being successful, doing the right thing, promoting the right thing. There needs to be an evolution in our portrayal. We have to come together, pool our resources and tell our own stories. People won't respect us unless we make them.

I had a great family. My father was in the Air Force, so we were always disciplined, goal oriented.

My inspiration is my hometown.

When I'm 75 years old, I want to say that I chased my dream. I didn't let other people's opinions dictate what I have in my book of my life.

You're whatever you think you are. People like to compartmentalize other people. I don't worry about what other people think. I'm not living for them.

My father played in high school. My uncles played. From age five or six, I remember watching all the games. And I remember saying to my mom and dad even then that I was going to play in the NFL, and buy them a house and a car.