I am inspired beyond my ability to articulate... and now I know what and who I want to be... a soldier for peace.

I was trying so hard. I would memorize the entire script, then I'd be lipping everybody's lines while they were talking. When I watch those episodes, it's disgusting. My performances were horrible.

Coming from sitcom television and coming from music you burn up every single second. You don't leave anything there. You burn it up and you pass out when you walk off stage, so I took that concept into acting.

I'm used to people clapping at the end of the movie.

I try to speak my points of view about black America, and how I feel about black men and the role that black men should play in their lives with their children and in their lives with their women.

Any time you see a white guy in jail, you know he did something bad.

Never underestimate the pain of a person, because in all honesty, everyone is struggling. some people are better at hiding it than others.