I look at the stories that Spike Lee tells... Great stories. Great director, great storyteller.

Rather than focus on your critics, focus on the people who are impacted by your work.

Don't believe the hype. I don't care how many number ones you have at the box office, I don't care how much they say you're great, don't believe it. Just stay in your lane and do what you're supposed to do.

I work three months really hard, nonstop, and then I take a month off. Then I do it all over again. I work hard but I give myself four breaks a year.

I never thought of myself as a mogul, but it's really great to be in that position.

If you are in business trying to make it, things are falling apart and you can’t get it together and you don’t know what is going on and you wanna stop. Don’t stop. The only way you can make it and have true success in your life. And there’s one way. You can’t have any fear.

I don't think the dreams die - I think that people give up. I think it gets too hard.