So if you stay ready, you ain't gotta get ready, and that is how I run my life.

I believe that eclecticism is a virtue. It may not be a word, but its definitely a virtue.

Whatever your dream is, every extra penny you have needs to be going to that.

The first eight years of schooling was with all white people. So that helped me to understand how white people think. I think that transition is what helped me bridge the gap, because that's what my success has really been about: bridging the gap between the black community and the white community.

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.

If anybody can find someone to love them and to help them through this difficult thing that we call life, I support that in any shape or form.

Be magic choose and believe that you can do anything you set your mind to believe. We are who we choose to be.