“As an African-American actor, a lot of our stories haven’t been told.”

Life is too short, there is no guarantee how much do you live, Live your Life.

I have skills like a panther, and I am going to change my destiny with it.

There’s nothing more painful than your abdomen growling.

You have to appreciate things in a different way when you know the clock is ticking, you are under tension

When I attain before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of ability left, and could say, ‘I used everything You gave me.

When you are deciding on next steps, next jobs, next careers, further education, you should rather find purpose than a job or a career,” he said at the time. “Purpose crosses disciplines. Purpose is an essential element of you. It is the reason you are on the planet at this particular time in history.

Let the ways of love be the ways of man.

We came. We saw. We conquered.

The rise of the women is the rise of the nation.

A beautiful city with incredible people. My thoughts are with you, Berlin.

Been blessed to work with many strong, beautiful women.

Gender Equality. Start from the top. Dare to put a woman in power.

Some states spend more $$ on prisons than on colleges. We have to make a change.

Blessed to meet so many great people everywhere I go. Can’t thank you all enough for the support.

In dark hours, true leaders rise.

If Love is too much to ask, at least Respect everyone, regardless of race, creed, sexual preference, bloodline, criminal history, power, or position.

You have to trust your instincts. There is a moment when an actor has it, and he knows it.

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.