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" In acting class, teachers talk about how the 'givens' of a situation help define a character. "

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" I'm not excusing crime or those who bring poison into the community, but I do want brothers and sisters in prison to know someone cares. "

" Roles make the actor. "

" We are human beings. We operate from wanting to be rewarded. "

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

" The longer you hold a dollar, the longer you hold money, the more valuable it becomes over time. So the younger you are, the more ability you have to hold money longer term. "

" Credit card interest payments are the dumbest money of all. "

" I would suggest that folks who have a platform of so-called celebrity, to the extent that they don't use that platform, or if they just use it for their own self-aggrandizement, it is certainly fed in a way that it goes to waste. "

" 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. "

" You're writing your life as you go - the question becomes, how do you want to write your life? "

" 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. "

" My father, obviously, and my mother were inspirations. My uncle, Frank Harper, he was an absolute mentor for me. "

" The most impactful place that I've been to where I was just completely awestruck, happy, moved is Victoria Falls between Zambia and Zimbabwe. It is probably the most beautiful and romantic place in the world. "

" We're living in a time, unfortunately, where, you know, a lot of young men, particularly young men of color, being raised by single mothers. And their mothers so desperately want to connect with them, but I found, in talking with a lot of young men, that sometimes it's difficult. "

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

" Many of us are walking around living smaller lives than we're meant to live. Don't allow yourself to dream smaller than you were meant to dream. "

" Whenever there's an opportunity to celebrate the written word and celebrate the folks that read the written word, and, I think, to encourage other writers to write and encourage folks to read more and get connected to it in a personal way, it's a positive thing. "

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

" I've gotten a firsthand view at the destruction that black men and black women not being able to stay and build healthy relationships has had on the black family and black children. "

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

" I think, without question, the way someone plays sports shows something about inherently who they are, you know? "

" 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. "

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

" You never know what's going on in someone's life. You never know what's really going on behind what they present. "

" There are so many actors that I meet that don't act enough. Definitely take class, definitely train - that's the most important thing you do. Build your craft. Become better. "

" I believe that reality TV should be called 'not reality' TV; it's fiction. "

" Certainly, those of us in the entertainment industry, we are part of creating fear in people - 'fear' for me stands for 'false evidence appearing real.' We create fantasy, and in certain ways that's wonderful because it allows people to escape. But it can suck people into wanting to achieve something that isn't real. "

" People always want to think that because you're not from a certain circumstance, you can't relate. That's ridiculous. "

" Most people aren't honest with themselves about money. "

" Once you have a felony conviction on your record, one of the most difficult things to do is to break the cycle of recidivism. "

" 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. "