"You know, I think anybody who has been in relationships has access to heartbreak - I don't think we have to go far to find it, whether we inflicted the heartbreak or whether we were the recipient of it."
"If reality shows are so popular, that means their viewers are screaming for more realness."
"The way the recession has affected Hollywood, a lot of actors that had robust opportunities before in film no longer have such plum options, so cable has done a good job of becoming a happy medium for artists deemed film actors."
"For me, I'm always looking for the opportunity for a character that challenges me and lets me play two for the price of one."
"What we have as artists is the immortalization opportunity that others don't have, because our work is lasting; it's there forever to view."
"As an African-American male born with a couple of strikes against you because of your skin color, I think it's very, very important to have some positive role models around, especially male influences."
"When you start out on a project as an actor, you know, you approach the character from the standpoint of maybe writing a list - even if it's a mental list that you make - of the adjectives that the character has or that character possesses."
"I think, by nature you know, I'm very attracted and I gravitate toward the very strong girl who can watch a ballgame, but who's also extremely feminine."
"I've been described as a smart actor because I've attended college. Or I've been called an artsy jock. And I am thinking, 'So, are actors supposed to be dumb?'"
"Actors are intelligent. Yet, many of them do not communicate well. That's what makes it so hard to have a relationship with one."
"When it's all said and done, I am secure enough with my manhood to say to the world, 'I am a male actor, and its okay for me to play a gay man.'"
"Poetry has, in a way, been my bridge to my acting career."
"As a poet, I would always hear emcees come up to me and say, 'Yo, you should rap,' and I was like, 'No.' You know, the label was tough for me. I'm a poet. I was proud of that distinction between the two, not wanting to be the other."
"For a long time, I had been very secretive about a lot of the things I'd been through personally, and a lot of that is purposeful. My fan base, for the large part, is the younger generation. They're like, 'I want to know everything! I want to know it all!'"
"I know that Donald Trump is a smart man."
"I was at UGA playing with Champ Bailey and Hines Ward - both guys who will probably touch the Hall of Fame one day."
"I use Aveeno cleansers and moisturizers."
"I think Gil Scott-Heron is a king. He's a brilliant, broken king."
"I don't think you really have chemistry in the way that you want between two actors unless frustration is there as well."
"I'd done 'Peter Pan' in a little pre-K class or whatever."
"I found poetry at 12 and 13 and, lo and behold, learned that my attorney father had a background in poetry - as he wore dashikis and Afros in the '70s and named his kids Arabic names. He was a poet and a lot like The Last Poets and Gil Scott-Heron and all of these folks. He definitely was an artist."
"I think the universe just brings people around others they find to be interesting."
"When I think about the person who's been most in my ear, it's Joe Dumars."
"I always had an interest in telling stories."
"To make your own family is just the most empowering thing ever. It's the greatest thing you can ever pull off."
