Sometimes my faith becomes more sensitive to how people feel, as opposed to what needs to be.

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.

The quality of life in our world does not depend on the conflicts that arise, but on our response to them.

Contemplation in life is more important than bullshit. So enjoy Silence.

You have no idea how strong my love is!

The spirits of just men made perfect.

You can't look in the face of adoration and be cruel.

I've been through some very difficult stages in my life, but I wouldn't change anything.

I do not know of any environmental group in any country that does not view its government as an adversary.

Each wrong act brings with it its own anesthetic, dulling the conscience and blinding it against further light, and sometimes for years.

At some point, you have to stop running and turn around and face whoever wants you dead.The hard thing is finding the courage to do it.

My child, what I want is muscles of iron and nerves of steel, inside which dwells a mind of the same material as that of which the thunderbolt is made.