I want what's mine. I see other actors who are doing very interesting roles, and I just want to continue to do things that are interesting, and things that people will go see in theaters.

I get to be in movies where it's mostly dialogue, and I want to be in something, that for me, feels like kickboxing.

Denzel's quality, I think, is his faith. You have all the action in your head and you have to believe in it and just do it. That's what he does and that's what he taught me to do.

He's looking for the president's kidnapped daughter; everybody he calls on to help him is busy, but lo and behold, you look across the room, and I'm waiting for that action.

Denzel Washington invoked confidence. When you have confidence, you can do anything. And that's what happened. I learned about being honest and keeping it true, keeping it true in my performance.

The magic isn't in getting married, it's in staying married.

Hollywood is a place where if you abide by the rules and laws, you can get depressed. That's why faith and spirituality is a higher law.

I love hip-hop and you can't tell me I'm not a hip-hop artist.

As a parent my greatest fear is always anything that endangers my children.

I think many times in relationships as it escalates to marriage, what it takes to breed a marriage, is the same thing that it takes to breed a career.

I loved B.I.G., but not like I liked Tupac, because he was an actor, so I related to him.

God is not willing to do everything, and thus take away our free will and that share of glory which belongs to us.

Every piece of art has a buyer. Only Time decides when the right buyer will see it.

A world without music is only filled with sounds in the air

Extreme inequality and financial crisis usually coincide. But the elite who cause it usually come out OK. And they are usually man.

You must be prepared to sacrifice your self-love to the cause, you must be ready to treat the cause as if it is life itself.

All abstract sciences are nothing but the study of relations between signs.

Priests, altars, victims, swam before my sight.

To attract more money, you must be attractive, in the sense that people will want and prefer your products or service over those of your competitior.

I hate clutter. I can't stand it.

Genuine tolerance does not mean ignoring differences as if differences made no difference. Genuine tolerance means engaging differences within a bond of civility and respect.