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" I don't think you really have chemistry in the way that you want between two actors unless frustration is there as well. "

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" I would honestly say I'm in the turtle's race. My journey is a marathon. "

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" I have very much been a guy who's acknowledged how many women have directed me, have produced... it's been unbelievable. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I always had an interest in telling stories. "

" 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. "

" I tend to want to put my fingers over my ears and not hear all of that, not hear that there are so many fans. "

" 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. "

" I realized, 'Oh, it's easier to get what I want if I embrace the sex symbol thing.' Microphones are more in my face, and I can say things about the kids that I mentor and open more access to more doors. "

" 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. "

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" I'm not shutting myself off from kids; I'm remaining open to kids and the energy that they bring. "

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" That's the thing with me being a former athlete: in the way I attack characters and attack poetry is from the base of being an athlete. "

" When I think about the person who's been most in my ear, it's Joe Dumars. "

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