I love London. I'm a London fanatic. That's my city. I love being from there, you don't appreciate it until you go out.

I want to see more people of different backgrounds being cast in films. I want to see people from inner cities being discovered, because that's where you find some really brilliant artists.

I remember my manager telling me, 'Be myself, be humble, keep rooted, keep God first'. Those words were very helpful.

It's amazing that people still feel, 'Oh my gosh, it's a black guy.' We've been here for a long time; let's get used to it. Let's get used to other cultures.

My dad is a minister, and my mum is a worker with the less fortunate and the disabled. They're Nigerian natives. Their first language is Yoruba, and their second language is English.

Let's get used to other cultures. Portray the world for what it is and you will find truth.

Portray the world for what it is, and you will find truth.

I'm a London fanatic. That's my city. I love being from there, you don't appreciate it until you go out.

Some people feel fulfillment from a bitter end - it gives them some sort of sense of reality. But, when you're dealing with reality, I feel like films should discover the part that is happy.

Not everybody has that mentality and that's fine, but once Robert Redford leaves this earth - later rather than sooner - his legacy will go on.

I like my women very green; you know, eco-friendly.

Magic is logic.

You can leave Hong Kong, but it will never leave you.

There are more than one universe, and its inhabitants.

This is the power of myth: that we can experience invisible spiritual realities and truths greater than visible, material things in story form.

I would rather beat the Yankees regularly than pitch a no hit game.

...The more a picture has to give, the greater it is.

Somewhere out there was a village I'd deprived of it's idiot.

Just because someone's pretty, doesn't mean she's decent.

Without deadlines and restrictions I just tend to become preoccupied with other things.

Trials make the promise sweet, Trials give new life to prayer; Trials bring me to His feet, Lay me low, and keep me there.