There's no easy way around it, no matter how talented you are ... your talent is going to fail you if you're not skilled. If you don't study, if you don't work really hard and dedicate yourself to being better every single day, you 'll never be able to communicate with people your artistry the way that you want!

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

There are so many people who have lived and died before you. You will never have a new problem; you're not going to ever have a new problem. Somebody wrote the answer down in a book somewhere.

In my mind, I've always been an A-list Hollywood superstar. Y'all just didn't know yet.

I'm motivated by fear...a fear of fear. I hate being afraid to do something.

I so connected to symbolically being able to turn lead into gold. My grandmother used to say, "Life give you a lemon, you go ahead and make lemonade." To me, that's alchemy.

To me, it's science fiction for me to do the things I've been blessed to do in this industry.