I am admiring of my fellow peers, black filmmakers and black actors and actresses.

I have never made a decision based on race and never will.

Don't let people disrespect you. My mom says don't open the door to the devil. Surround yourself with positive people.

We all create our own reality by the choices we make.

The Academy Awards was an amazing night. I know I kind of lost my mind a little bit. I apologize for that. That night went so fast I can't remember what I said or what happened.

I'm an avid hockey fan and I've been playing for about 17 years, and somebody recently told me that the first organized hockey teams in Canada were all black. Telling those stories would be cool.

I've always been a sucker for attention.

What makes you think that what you know is any different from what I know? I had different teachers.

My wife and I have been together since 1986. I graduated in '86 and she graduated in '88. We began dating when she was 17. Actually she turned 18 when we started kissing and stuff.

Now, I have big-money offers on three movies, and I have director approval. That's kind of scary,' he says. 'No directors have been attached. That's a lot of pressure on me

I understand it all. I can write my own ticket for one or two movies. But if they're not the right ones, my ticket gets yanked. I understand that's how it works, and I'm okay with it.

A classroom . People trying to stick me in classrooms was becoming as predictable and annoying as people trying to kill me, but with less-fun results.

The only place men want depth in their women is in their décolletage

Failure is only postponed success as long as courage "coaches" ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory.

Disney world is an armpit compared to Montana.

When you define the audience, the performer becomes what the audience wants. Politicians do that all the time.

Over the years, during television interviews, whenever the host or the reviewer or whoever gets cynical and nasty with me, I will behave accordingly. I will defend myself.

Don't ever admit that the world has not given you an opportunity

Simply performing devotional activities will not impart devotion to others but our consciousness should be absorbed.

People are not enjoying life because they're trying to be something or brand themselves.

Invariably, what I'm trying to do is more ambitious than the budget, but we manage to do it somehow.