I've trained myself to illuminate the things in my personality that are likable and to hide and protect the things that are less likeable.

In black neighborhoods, everybody appreciated comedy about real life. In the white community, fantasy was funnier. I started looking for the jokes that were equally hilarious across the board, for totally different reasons.

Being realistic is the most commonly traveled road to mediocrity. Why would you be realistic? What's the point of being realistic? I'm going to do it. It's done. It's already done. The second I decide it's done, it's already done.

When you create art, the world has to wait.

A rapper is about being completely true to yourself. Being an actor is about changing who you are.

Because I know that hope and fear are connected, I put my mask of hope on.

Haters are the people who will broadcast your failures and whisper your success.