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" I've definitely had my moments in relationships where I've been able to say yes, I have been heartbroken, my heart has been broken. "

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" I always had an interest in telling stories. "

" I always have a backpack. I was a poet, so it reminds me of being a backpack poet. "

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

" Some of the most amazing people I've met in life are cops. "

" I was definitely a Daddy's boy. "

" I was trying to pay the bills with poems, and it was easy to memorize my poems, because I'd be riding my bike in California trying to memorize them before going on stage at a poetry lounge. "

" You know how you can be romantic? You can be romantic by going to a beautiful setting, sitting on a park bench, and getting good ole-fashioned golden arches, a.k.a. McDonald's. That's probably the best I can do romantically. "

" I think the universe just brings people around others they find to be interesting. "

" I think what's most important is family. "

" Unlike many Californians or New Yorkers, college football is a religion down south. "

" Sometimes my schedule doesn't allow time to go to the hotel after I get off the plane, so I bring my Freebird boots or my old school Adidas shell-toes to throw on after I land. "

" I come from the stage, so I started in New York, lived there for eleven years. "

" I don't make a big deal out of playing football at UGA to people who have interviewed me. "

" I would say, as loving as I am... I am definitely an extremely temperamental man who has a very large temper. "

" Like anybody who grew up in the Eighties, I cringe at the thought of these movies being remade, because of the corniness and cheesiness of the originals. "

" I think Gil Scott-Heron is a king. He's a brilliant, broken king. "

" Women are so necessary for us in terms of support. "

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

" For me, I'm always looking for the opportunity for a character that challenges me and lets me play two for the price of one. "

" I kept on hearing the voice of God saying if you are going to be the minister that your mom mentioned... then you have to act. My pulpit is acting. "

" You can't look at the dollar and say, 'I'm not what I dreamed of being unless I do this type of movie and it's a blockbuster that gives me this amount of dollars.' That's not good. "

" There were uncles in my life that definitely knew the street life. "

" I worked on the workshop of 'Topdog/Underdog' before it went to Broadway. My minor in school was theater, so I'm based in that, and then I moved to Los Angeles. "

" 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. "

" Shoes make an outfit; they're like rims for a car. "

" I would say that the woman's ability to multi-task and to be maternal in instinct, it fosters a different approach to the character that makes sense as an actor. "

" As a poet, I would always hear emcees come up to me and say, 'Yo, you should rap,' and I was like, 'No.' You know, the label was tough for me. I'm a poet. I was proud of that distinction between the two, not wanting to be the other. "

" It's really rare to come across a character, a show, or a movie that allows you to completely play four or five different characters within a season, let alone a week. "

" On 'Being Mary Jane,' I learned to embrace sex symbol. "

" People are fond of that 'crabs in a barrel' mentality, and I'm like, 'No, there needs to be more so we can create more barrels; there doesn't need to be one barrel.' "