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" Acting opened me up. "
Acting
Up
Me
" Being on television is a little constraining. You spend six to eight months filming, and you get stuck in that gear. I feel like doing movies is a lot more my style. "
Style
Movies
Doing
" Black films and television are growing and getting the recognition... and the opportunities. "
Recognition
Films
Black
" 'Dear Mama' is my favorite song from Tupac, man. It touches you, and I think that that's the most important thing with music. "
Think
Man
Music
" Everybody has the Tupac that they admire. Certain people love the hip-hop person, the rapper. Strictly just the rapper. A lot of people, the newfound Tupac fans... they're into Death Row-era Tupac. But that was only nine months! "
People
Rapper
Death
" Growing up, you hear Tupac's music, it's kind of like... it goes without saying that everyone likes Tupac. "
Growing Up
Growing
Saying
" He's a layered person, so you have to tackle all the aspects of Tupac individually. "
Layered
Tupac
Tackle
" I definitely want to keep acting now. I've got all kinds of projects I want to do. "
Want
Acting
Got
" I don't have a huge acting background at all. "
Background
Acting
Huge
" If you want it, and you want to get it, then you've got to work hard for it, like Tupac was working hard for it. "
Work
Work Hard
Working Hard
" I have to say that I'm a very passionate person. "
Person
Say
Very
" I just have to remember that everybody has their time. "
Remember
Everybody
Just
" I'm a strong believer in the things that I want to do. "
Believer
Strong
Things
" I'm ready for the opportunity to speak about things. I've always dreamed about the opportunity to speak about stuff. "
Stuff
Speak
Ready
" In 10th grade, I was kicking it with the seniors. I introduced myself, and they were like, 'Yeah, Demetrius is cool, but we're gonna call you Pac.' That was it! It could be worse! "
Call
You
Like
" In high school, we would do improv. Me and my boy were, like, the stars of the class. "
Me
High School
Stars
" I submerged myself in his life. Before I went to sleep at night, that's what I was watching. The videos would literally be going on while I was sleep; that's what I was hearing in my sleep. I woke up in the morning, Tupac. "
Life
Up
Sleep
" I vowed to never be on camera down-talking another black man. "
Another
Never
Camera
" I want to be a part of bringing people together and sharing that love. "
Sharing
People
Love
" I want to impact some lives down the road, one by one, and I want people to look at my story and my life as an inspiration. "
Life
Road
Look
" I want to inspire people to do whatever they desire in life. "
Desire
Inspire
Life
" I was always critiquing my work. I let everybody else around - producers, directors, other actors - they give the nod of approval or the praise. Because I tried to always bring the best, so even if they were happy with it, I was still scrutinizing it. "
Best
Always
Work
" I was working - just a regular working-class guy - but, at the same time, always aspired to do music. "
Same
Time
Working
" I went to school in Long Beach, and all the seniors I used to kick it with called me Pac. "
Seniors
School
Me
" I will say this: Rapping-wise, there has never been anybody to match Tupac's energy when coming on a song, like when rappin'. It's unmatched. You can't duplicate it. "
Will
You
Song
" Music is my passion. I've always been musically driven and musically inclined. I play the keyboard a little bit. I love listening to music and discovering music. That's my love, but I'm not a rapper at all. "
Music
Rapper
Listening
" My father's relationship with Pac was something I was proud of. "
Something
Proud
Relationship
" My fondest memory of Tupac is my father producing 'Toss It Up' for him when I was 7 years old and hearing that. "
Years
Old
Him
" The one thing that I'm always gonna promote is, 'Don't look at a fellow black man as an enemy.' And it's hard. It's really hard, though, when you're coming up. It's something that you have to teach yourself and learn. "
Yourself
You
Man
" There aren't many people in the world that are as respected and loved when it comes to entertainment and as big as Pac. But the greatness that I adore the most is him as a man. "
World
Loved
Man
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