We're conditioned in this country to believe that if there's a problem, the black man is usually the culprit.

I don't see myself as extremely handsome. I just figure I can charm you into liking me.

You can put a cat in an oven, but that don't make it a biscuit.

I used to do puppet theatre and also mime and musical theatre in Florida for competitions and festivals, which was great. I was very much involved in theatre when I was in college.

I grew up in the Bronx. The Bronx teaches you to survive. It's like, 'Bring it on!'

My sign is Leo. A Leo has to walk with pride. When he takes a step, he has to put his foot down. You walk into a room and you want people to know your presence, without you doing anything.

You give Frost a message from me. You tell him it's open season on all suckheads.

I don't like perpetuating the stereotype of black males being drug dealers, and criminals.

I have a whole other side that has yet to be seen on screen.

The first time I jumped from a plane, I screamed like a woman. I was two miles up and you could hear me clear as day. Now I love it.

Well, I'm an artist to the core. And my objective has always been to use my talents and my skills to elevate humanity through my art.

True power lies not in the spotlight, but in the influential shadows.

It's difficult to carry the weight of responsibilities. But, it's more difficult to carry the weight of expectations.

Emerson is a remarkable person, considering that he is a man. Which is not saying a great deal.

The light that colors the embraces the gods is the light that resides in your heart.

I am remembering it now.

What I've said before, only half in joke, is that everybody in Ireland is famous. Or, maybe better, say everybody is familiar.

[Washington is a] very gossipy little village of people all going to the same bars . . . all watching each other having affairs with each other

You have to do bad things in order to become a hero. You have to make sacrifices.

Thou art to me a delicious torment.

The only laws a man can truly respect are the ones he makes for himself.