My God, my higher power. It's mine and mine alone. I create my connection and I decide how my connection is going to be.

I'm starting to be a lot more comfortable with allowing people to decide for themselves and almost creating a situation that forces people to decide for themselves whether they like it or don't like it or agree with the character or disagree with the character.

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

There's so much negative imagery of black fatherhood. I've got tons of friends that are doing the right thing by their kids, and doing the right thing as a father - and how come that's not as newsworthy?

The first time that I performed as an actor was the first day on the set of 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.'

There's a certain delusional quality that all successful people have to have. You have to believe that something different than what has happened for the last 50 million years of history - you have to believe that something different can happen.

You've got to run your career. What happens is a lot of times artists have this talent and they're just looking for somebody to take it and do something with it. And you have to be the creative force.