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" Instead of becoming an engineer like my brother, I moved to New York to be an actor. "

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" Do you want to be an actor, or do you want to be a celebrity? I made that decision when I went to Juilliard. I wanted to be an actor. So, if I get the opportunity to be an actor and do some cool, fun and interesting projects, I'm going to do that. "

" There are a lot of limitations and stigmas that are placed on young actors, specifically young black actors. "

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" Most of my movies are indies. The best scripts I can find are independent films. But I love big-budget movies, I love craft services! "

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" With all the movies I've done, I still get recognized from my episode of 'Law & Order' more than anything else. It never fails. "

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" I did this movie with Spike Lee called 'Sucker Free City,' and that would have to be my favorite role by far. It was just so much fun to work with Spike and shoot in San Francisco. "

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" I would love to be a superhero. "

" In New Orleans, where I'm from, the average household income, with two working parents, two kids, a dog and a little fence is $16,000 a year, so $15,000 for a movie sounds pretty good. "

" Everybody knows when you've got a role in a Spike Lee movie, you're gonna blow up. But I happen to be the only person who's had the lead in the two Spike Lee movies nobody saw. "

" You never see girls running after engineers. "

" I was raised with a sense of entrepreneurship - my father owned a roofing business, and I grew up with the idea that you never want someone telling you what you can and cannot do. "

" The choices that we make through our lives, the people who intersect us on our path kind of change what our fated destiny is. So some of us are lucky enough for the choices that we make to keep us on our path. "

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" I'm not Josh Brolin or Ryan Gosling. They're more noir than I. "

" If the acting don't work out, I'll have a future in construction. "

" Art-school girls are very nice. "