You have to put your character to rest after x amount of years.

CHILDHOOD IS THAT STATE WHICH ENDS THE MOMENT A PUDDLE IS FIRST VIEWED AS AN OBSTACLE INSTEAD OF AN OPPORTUNITY

I use my job to engage empathy and compassion for people society might stereotype or ostricise.

Our criminal justice system has swallowed up too many people I love.

Revenge is not a positive state of mind or energy to indulge your self in.

No one wakes up one day and decides they want to become a drug dealer or they want to be a stick-up kid. Those decisions are made after a series of events have happened in one's life.

I haven't had a problem with being typecast, but if I was only getting one type of role, I wouldn't mind. What I'm worried about is not working.

You know, my childhood was pretty colorful; I like to use the word turbulent.

Having been through the muck and mire, I've had my own brush with bad choices.

I do happen to love Honey Nut Cheerios. I don't know if I want to walk down to the store in my pajamas for them. But I do love them.

You know, Tupac is very near and dear to my heart. He started my career as an actor.

Keep a man on a rope that's short enough to trip him without choking him.

Religion separate people while the issues of life that all people share in common, bring them together.

If we will just believe and act accordingly, all circumstances and situations, no matter how hopeless they appear, would change.

My bits of time play with eternity.

I know when somebodys heard my music. I can hear it in their music.

They were like two pieces of a failed star, drawn together by a shared history and a memory of illicit kisses.

My work is largely concerned with relations between seeing and knowing, seeing and saying, seeing and believing.

Let's be honest - look what Hollywood at 18 is.

Trust the Universe. Trust and believe and have faith.

Honesty is not necessarily the best policy. The best policy would be to acquire a reputation for honesty and then to cheat at the psychological moment.