My mother never cursed at home; my father never cursed at home. My father didn’t drink. Even though we were poor, we would say a blessing over the table. So that’s who I am.
MR. TIf you look at my job, my union card, it says ‘actor.’ It don’t say nothing about celebrity, movie star, nothing like that, and that’s one thing that keeps me humble.
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Life guided me to being a bodyguard, protecting people, then in the movies, so I’m happy with everything because basically all I ever wanted to do was be a good son and take care of my mother.
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I used to bodyguard for some celebrities and other people, and when I wasn’t doing that, I used to work at a disco as a doorman or a bouncer.
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My momma didn’t clean up floors so I could be a thug… so I could wear my pants down.
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If I never make another dollar, I am proud. I did what I wanted to do.
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My celebrity status allows me an opportunity, allows me a pulpit to preach and reach out to the people.
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If you can’t read, the only thing you can do is enjoy the pictures, not the whole story.
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I won’t do a movie or a video that would bring disrespect to my mother.
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I’m a bold Christian, not a scaredy-cat Christian.
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I could talk all day, T stands for talking, T stands for tender, T stands for things that don’t even rhyme with T.
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You pity the fool because you don’t want to beat up a fool! You know, pity is between sorry and mercy. See, if you pity him, you know, you won’t have to beat him up. So that’s why I say fools, you gotta give another chance because they don’t know no better. That’s why I pity them!
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Left ear, I wear four earrings. The four is symbolic of the four seasons, spring, winter, summer and fall, the four directions, north, east, south and west, the four gospel writers, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
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I pray to God. I don’t pray to the president, the governor, the mayor, no black caucus, no this and that. I pray to God, and that’s the end of it.
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Whatever role I play is a positive role; it’s a strong role. Never negative.
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I’m tender on the inside.
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God didn’t make me to make movies, flex muscles, buy gold. What you love the most becomes your God.
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