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" I do like sci-fi, absolutely. I've watched everything from 'Star Trek' to 'Star Wars' to 'Terminator' - the list goes on and on. "

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" Anytime you join a show that's been successful, there's a certain responsibility. And a lot of anxiety that, you know, you're bringing the character to life, respecting the show and doing your part. So that you are not the weak link in the chain. "

" In the early '80s, it was hard to find celebrities you can identify with if you lived in the hood. There weren't any rap videos at the time. "

" Toronto is like a smaller, safe New York. "

" With my first son I cut his umbilical cord and everything, so I'm a hands-on father, to say the least. "

" I'm an avid watcher of the Nat Geo channel, where I watch shows about how the planets are formed, and shows about moons, quasars, black holes. "

" Eating right has made the biggest difference in my body. "

" I almost turned down '8 Mile.' I was due to start 'ER,' and I learned they really wanted me to be in '8 Mile.' I didn't know Eminem; I just knew he was a rapper and saw what everyone else saw in the media. I thought they were just trying to capitalize on his popularity. "

" It's always a pleasure when you get to work with people that you actually really like. "

" It's nice to always have been able to remain consistent. I'm very thankful for that and to work on shows that I can be proud of, and films. "

" I love working with Sally Field, and Steve Buscemi is one of the most giving, talented actors I've ever worked with. "

" Actors look at life in a different way. When I meet people, I know that one day I may portray that person or someone like them. It may be a cop or a homeless guy. It helps you to pay more attention to people. Everyone I meet, I retain something from them, something from their personality. It helps me to portray realism in my work. "

" I've done 21 films in eight years, and I've said 'No' more times than I've done films. "

" I tend to play more true-to-life characters in real situations. "

" Wales was great. The people were great, and I had a great time there. "

" I know a lot of people who are weak, who are in a perpetual cycle of poverty and being locked up. There are guys from my neighborhood who are in jail or who are dead. It does take a certain strength to know your environment and say, 'I can grow beyond it.' "

" I've gotten to travel all over the world and meet all kinds of people and do all kinds of great things, so it's, like, surreal. It just lets you know how time flies, especially when you're having fun. It seems like time keeps going by faster as I get older. "

" I always try to pick and choose projects that will be impactful to someone. From films like 'Clockers' to playing a doctor on 'ER' to doing '8 Mile,' where I'm in charge of the hip-hop battles, I think it affects all kinds of different audiences. And I just try to keep that in mind, to keep people entertained. "

" I loved the extended version of 'Aliens' because it shows just a little bit more that you don't see and what they always show on television. "

" Once or twice a week, I try to do some kind of boxing. I'm hitting the bags and jumping rope - all that stuff. "

" When you're working and making money, that's all good, but there has to be something that provides a substance, I think. "

" I don't really like hospitals that much. People are sick; sometimes it can be depressing. There's people going through a lot of pain in there. It has that funny smell. "

" I want to see my family prosper, see my kids grow old. "

" When I did 'Clockers,' I didn't even think about having a career in acting, I just thought, 'Wow, this is cool. I get to do a little movie.' "

" I always try to bring a certain masculine presence to what I do. That is part of the dynamic. "

" If you go into something saying, 'I'm the bad guy,' you do yourself a disservice as an actor. It's always about trying to find the humanity in a character. "

" There's no question that I'm African-American. OK? I'm a black man. We're not going to escape that. "

" I definitely applaud Netflix and all of those guys, whether it's Hulu or whoever, for doing original programming. "

" When break dancing was out, I break danced. When rapping was the thing, I freestyled rap on the street and battled and all that kind of stuff. "

" I'm a soccer dad at heart. I want five kids, and I want to get married. I want to coach Little League. "

" Being from New York, living in L.A., being in Chicago, you kind of get more of the big-city, melting-pot sort of thing. But when you drive through the country, there's so many small pockets of people that don't experience people of different backgrounds. So what they've seen on television is their baseline. "