“Thirty is a very good age for an actor: you can play both young and old men.”

There is no element of genius without some form of madness.

My career should adapt to me. Fame is like a VIP pass wherever you want to go.

The first kiss I had was the most disgusting thing in my life. The girl injected about a pound of saliva into my mouth, and when I walked away I had to spit it all out.

I’m still exploring in a lot of ways. I don’t know myself completely.

The good thing about acting is that it always keeps you on your toes. It’s not like any other job where you can go in and do the same thing as yesterday.

When people say that COVID-19 has been good for nature it’s true in some ways and it’s not true in other ways.

Most of the time I do feel like I need someone else when I’m alone. But I can still get by with just my own company and that makes me a stronger person.

I’m shy, but when the time comes to be wild, I’m fun-loving, adventurous, and mysterious.

Voting is an integral part of our democracy.

You have to enjoy life in the process. It may sound corny, but it’s true.

The best thing about acting is that I get to lose myself in another character and actually get paid for it.

If you can do what you do best and be happy, you’re further along in life than most people.

I am dedicated to end the disenfranchisement of Black America, that has been present for too long.

Everywhere I go, somebody is staring at me, I don’t know if people are staring because they recognize me or because they think I’m a weirdo.

Give yourself no choice but to succeed. let the consequences of failure become so dire and so unthinkable that you’ll have no choice but to do whatever it takes to succeed.

Dark green is my favorite color. It’s the color of nature and the color of money and the color of moss!

Don Siegel last advice to me was ‘Don’t short yourself.’ He said the tendency is when an actor’s directing is to kind of you want to work on everybody else but you’re going to short yourself. He said, take the time to do a good job with yourself so that you’re satisfied with it.

A star on a movie set is like a time bomb. That bomb has got to be defused so people can approach it without fear.

In other words, I wouldn’t like to be an actor if I could only be real. I like to get wild, behaviourally wild, and it’s crazy to think of any form where it’s just one way.

Frankly, I got into the movies because I like the movies a lot.

I want to be an actor, I am just not very comfortable talking about myself.

I have no idea what I’m doing, and that’s kind of how I love it.

A lot of actors think that what we do is so important, like we’re saving people’s lives or something.

I want to be one of the biggest social media stars ever to become an actor.