Sometimes the stereotypes that a lot of people have are of black men in jail or who don't take care of their kids, so I think it's always important to have that.

I like to eat sweets. When I go to a restaurant, I'll read the dessert menu before I even look at the entrees.

One thing I love about making an ensemble film is that you can have ten people come away from it with ten different messages.

Showtime has given new, young filmmakers - black, white, across the board - an opportunity to make films, as well as actors who want to cross over into directing.

It's not always about the money.

I'm kind of a private person, and sometimes it's like pulling teeth to get me to talk.

I am just another fireman because the story focuses on Joaquin Phoenix's character, but I play Joaquin's close friend and I get burned up a little bit, but I don't die.

When you are the lead in a romantic comedy, you have to worry about people really liking you.

I'm just happy to be working consistently.

I've been in a situation where I was after the money.

Producing is easier, I can just be at the set overseeing the story.

Right, " Sadie said. "And Set will just stand there calmly while I read him to death.

A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.

God entrusts His riches to mature sons and not to spiritual babies.

After trying Atkins and doing Nutrisystem a few times, now I'm just focused on maintaining a healthy lifestyle rather than dieting.

First and foremost, we need to be the adults we want our children to be. We should watch our own gossiping and anger. We should model the kindness we want to see.

The worst guilt is to accept an undeserved guilt — and that is what you have been doing all your life.

A labor of love is exalted because it provides joy and self-expression to those who perform it.

It is the fortunate who should extol fortune. [Ger., Das Gluck erhebe billig der Begluckte.]

"Beauty fades," my father would tell me, "but dumb? Dumb is forever."

Our greatest joy and our greatest pain comes in our relationships with others.