The directors [who know every detail] make films that are complete, basically.

Waking up in TRUTH is so much better than living in a lie.

What an honor it was to step into the shoes of Nelson Mandela and portray a man who defied odds, broke down barriers, and championed human rights before the eyes of the world.

I want to go to Sierra Leone with something - whether it's some sort of contribution to healthcare, or to the entertainment industry. My cousin is a nurse; we are talking about opening a clinic.

I'm never shaken or stirred.

My Father always told me that a fool at 40 is a fool for life.

I was always a real athletic kid. Then when I got older, I just figured it was part of life to keep training.

The less I talk about being black, the better.

I've been DJing mostly, and most DJs end up producing. That's just me.

I knew that if I wanted to be all I could be, I would have to go to the US. It took three years to get the accent right.

I'm tactile, very tactile. A woman who has really nice, looked-after skin is such a turn-on for me. It's always sexy.

You're not a priority if you're an option, you are a percentage. A percentage of that other person's time and effort. The size of the pie never changes, the slices do.

Nothing is so fundamental to the spiritual life as learning to give thanks.

When your family is twice as weird as normal, you have to be twice as polite to authority, because authority hates weird.

Turbulence is a life force. It is opportunity. Let's love turbulence and use it for change.

At my age, any day above ground and vertical is a good day.

You may fire when you are ready Gridley.

It's not what the vision is, it's what the vision does.

I have a regret that the entire discussion [with El Chapo]... ignores its purpose, which was to try to contribute to this discussion about the policy in the War on Drugs.

To die is nothing; but it is terrible not to live.

Commitment hangs on when all else has fallen.