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" I'm not telling anyone, 'Quit your job and be homeless to go for your dream.' "

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" People are afraid of an unorganized, wasteful government. "

" I've done romantic comedy, and I don't get to flex that muscle often. "

" For me, self-esteem-building and confidence-building is the foundation for anything that we do, whether you want to be a writer, a painter, or a entrepreneur. "

" The real important things are kindness and a sense of humor. I've been fortunate to have dated and could have easily married women who have those qualities, and time and circumstances didn't work out. Timing plays a big part. "

" I love making films, but the best roles are hard to come by. "

" I say 'date potential.' The reason why is no matter who you date, anyway, five years from now, you're going to be different, and he's going to be different. The key is to really find somebody that you can grow with that you can change with, evolve with and that you can be partners with. "

" There's nothing wrong with wanting a partner and doing the things to have one. To protect ourselves, we have to say, 'I don't need one.' "

" Poverty existed before January 20, 2008, OK? Before President Obama took office. "

" You deserve a great life. I want to see you become unreasonably happy. And you can. And you will. "

" I think the number one safe haven where people put their money is to invest in yourself first. "

" I don't want the George Clooney lifelong bachelorhood. If I found the right person, I would commit in a minute. "

" I believe we all have the capacity to be masters of many things, and there's nothing that we can't do. You can be a great actor and also be a great writer. There's so many things that all of us have the capacity to do. But somehow, life tries to convince us that we'd be lucky to do even one thing well, and I disagree. "

" Screening for colon cancer can stop cancer in its tracks. "

" We all have inherited so many types of fears, whether they're race-based, culture-based, gender-based, age-based, family-based. And then we get comfortable with these fears. "

" When it comes to African Americans and African American actors, Hollywood has always felt that if you can make us laugh, that's fine, but we don't need to see you do a 'Schindler's List,' where there's no jokes or music or comedic through-line. "

" People always think about what prison is. What prison really is - it's not a physical challenge, it's mental. "

" Many of us are in are in our own prisons that aren't made of iron bars. "

" What I've found in doing research is that men want a relationship that feels fun. In other words, they want a relationship that has qualities or elements of their same-sex relationships - just like women do, too. "

" Change happens from the bottom up - all of us as individuals deciding that we will and we do have an impact. "

" With my first book, 'A Letter to a Young Brother,' I figured it would be my only book I was ever going to write. What happened with that is a lot of young men would reach out to me. "

" Whatever your calling is as a service, follow it - that's beautiful. "

" Even when you're out with someone, you need to get out of your head. And you can try exercises by putting yourself in situations where you may not feel completely comfortable, like going to a gallery opening on your own. "

" My friend is a former race car driver, so he races for Mercedes, and I root for him. I have a car that I love to race, I'll take it to the track. "

" You can't have justice unless you have truth. "

" It's heartening when people hear for the first time that their vote really matters. "

" The best way to protect young black, brown, men of color, women of color, is to actually stop profiling, stop the prejudice, and stop the judgment first. "

" When I get stopped by the police, I keep my hands on the wheel. I'm not going to move. "

" My undergraduate studies at Brown and graduate degrees from Harvard prepared me for a multifaceted career as an actor, entrepreneur and philanthropist. "

" I think our biggest problem is lack of real, honest communication between black men and black women. A lot of men talk amongst men, and a lot of women speak amongst women. "

" The media is convincing people that if you have that 'next thing,' that diamond, the right car, then you'd be happier. "