“I don’t have a smart house. My house is very dumb.”

Baseball players need strength but also the ability to make fast-paced, explosive movements, so their training is all about strengthening the tendons around the bone and the joint so you don’t tear the muscles from the bones.

I got scars from every film I’ve done, every TV show.

Guys are natural problem solvers – they like to have strategies.

We live in a world where people can ridicule you at the push of the button. They can question you at the push of a button.

Our lives depend on vote.

You think you can’t change the world? You can.

One of the first things I was taught as an actor was, ‘Don’t judge the character.’

Nobody has to give me permission to write.

They should probably have a James Brown aerobic tape. You would lose a lot of weight.

When you play characters, you shouldn’t just be putting on their characteristics – you should be finding it inside yourself.

You’re not free unless you can show the good and the bad, all sides of them. So to me, when I play a character, it’s important that I can show every aspect of them.

I was raised in a sort of village. I have a huge family, and I think there is strength in that. It helped me to deal with some of the complications of living in the South because I always felt like I belonged, no matter what.

I try to look at every role the same way, regardless of whether the character is real or the character is a fantasy. I always start from myself, because you have to know yourself first.

The projects that I end up doing, that I want to be involved with in any way, have always been projects that will be impactful, for the most part, to my people – to black people.

I’m an artist. Artists don’t need permission to work. Regardless of whether I’m acting or not, I write. I write when I’m tired in fact, because I believe your most pure thoughts surface.

I’m not afraid to work.

It doesn’t matter how intelligent you think you are or are supposed to be; if you consistently do dumb things, you’re still dumb.

Smart people seem like crazy people to dumb people.

The day is done. I’m having fun. I think I’m dumb. Or maybe just happy.

If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.

The thing about smart people is that they seem like crazy people to dumb people.

I’m not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I’m not dumb – and I’m not blonde either.

Outstanding long-term results are produced primarily by avoiding dumb decisions, rather than by making brilliant ones.