I think Hollywood is incredibly segregated. I’ve never seen any place like it. The gatekeepers who are the most progressive activists inspired to make the world better… they’re better people, right? They’re segregated. It’s self segregated in some cases, but there’s nobody Black in charge of anything in Hollywood.
RUSSELL SIMMONSYou will be a great entrepreneur if you operate with a real sincere wanting to serve.
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A poet or a comedian can say what’s on the mind of people. They should be funny. They should make you laugh. It may be so truthful that it hurts, but it makes you laugh.
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Happy can make you money, but money can’t make you happy.
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Urban pop culture is its own phenomena that is for some reason is left out of Hollywood. It’s the most mainstream thing there is.
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Gratefulness is a practice, just like happiness is a choice.
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I always say neediness is the cause of suffering. I’m not the only one who says it. It’s something I adopted and I believe.
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Gangsta rappers, they call them. Not nearly as gangsta as the things that inspire them.. you know, a gangsta government that we operate under.
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I had too many businesses that are frivolous. I have enough. What interests me most is under-served communities. We need a new style of empowering these people, and new approaches.
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You have to be able to say what people are thinking but won’t say. It’s like Donald Trump.
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I don’t miss a day of yoga. I don’t miss my meditation… They’re way more important.
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Art is a way to express yourself and through that you can escape a bad situation.
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I think that diversity is key for the next American entrepreneurs. They want to be a part of this society where there is so much diversity they have to have people from all the experiences.
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I have a pilot called The Re-Education of Oliver Cooper starring the white kid from Project X where follows a black girl to a black university, like in Legally Blonde. I have so many fun projects.
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That was never my intention to compete with the Oscars.
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I try to do things that I think are helpful to the environment, to the animals, and to the planet.
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It’s all about the work. Nothing is going to fall into your lap. If you want to be a lawyer, see yourself as a lawyer, go to the library and start learning the law. If you want to be a rapper, start rapping and get out there. Live your life as if you already are where you want to be.
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