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" I love being black in America, and especially being black in Hollywood. "

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" I've trained myself to illuminate the things in my personality that are likable and to hide and protect the things that are less likeable. "

" You can cry, ain't no shame in it. "

" I know how to learn anything I want to learn. I absolutely know that I could learn how to fly the space shuttle because someone else knows how to fly it, and they put it in a book. Give me the book, and I do not need somebody to stand up in front of the class. "

" Money and success don't change people; they merely amplify what is already there. "

" I want the world to be better because I was here. "

" There's so much negative imagery of black fatherhood. I've got tons of friends that are doing the right thing by their kids, and doing the right thing as a father - and how come that's not as newsworthy? "

Doing The Right Thing

" Goofy was the word that was used most often by my sisters because I've been this tall ever since I was 12 years old. "

" Life is lived on the edge. "

" And where I excel is ridiculous, sickening, work ethic. You know, while the other guy's sleeping? I'm working. "

" I love producing. I am loving doing that. I think that is my most natural space in the business. I just love producing or editing and that's where I thrive. "

" A rapper is about being completely true to yourself. Being an actor is about changing who you are. "

" If you're not willing to work hard, let someone else do it. I'd rather be with someone who does a horrible job, but gives 110% than with someone who does a good job and gives 60%. "

" Well, all I know is what I read in the papers. "

" When I was growing up, I installed refrigerators in supermarkets. My father was an electrical engineer. "

" Whatever your dream is, every extra penny you have needs to be going to that. "

" We all want to be in love and find that person who is going to love us no matter how our feet smell, no matter how angry we get one day, no matter the things we say that we don't mean. "

" I'm a student of patterns. At heart, I'm a physicist. I look at everything in my life as trying to find the single equation, the theory of everything. "

" When you create art, the world has to wait. "

" I'm a student of world religion, so to me, it's hugely important to have knowledge and to understand what people are doing. "

" As a child, I watched 'Dallas' and that was my vision for my life for as long as I could remember. "

" I mean, I'm very serious with my kids about them comprehending the intricacies of global finance. "

" I try to speak my points of view about black America, and how I feel about black men and the role that black men should play in their lives with their children and in their lives with their women. "

" My school was 90 percent white, but 90 percent of the kids I played with were black. So I got the best of both worlds. I think that is where my comedy developed. "

" Throughout life people will make you mad, disrespect you and treat you bad. Let God deal with the things they do, cause hate in your heart will consume you too. "

" I've viewed myself as slightly above average in talent. And where I excel is ridiculous, sickening work ethic. "

" In my mind, I've always been an A-list Hollywood superstar. Y'all just didn't know yet. "

" The first step is you have to say that you can. "

" It's quite highly possible that I have peaked. I mean, I just can't imagine what else I could do beyond this. It's really a bittersweet kind of feeling. "