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

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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

" 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. "

" Traditional education is based on facts and figures and passing tests - not on a comprehension of the material and its application to your life. "

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

" 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. "

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

" My first record came out while I was a senior in high school, which is dangerous. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" The things that have been most valuable to me I did not learn in school. "

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

" Tommy Lee Jones is hilarious. I would say, if you look at the body of his work, the character he is most like is the one in 'The Fugitive.' That's how he talks and jokes. That is the type of energy he has. "

" If it was something that I really committed myself to, I don't think there's anything that could stop me becoming President of the United States. "

" Life is lived on the edge. "

" I think with movies I am really connecting to the Joseph Campbell idea of the collective unconscious. "

" I don't know what my calling is, but I want to be here for a bigger reason. I strive to be like the greatest people who have ever lived. "

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

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

" The first time that I performed as an actor was the first day on the set of 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.' "

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

" I had a hit single on the radio for 30 days before I graduated from high school. "

" So if you stay ready, you ain't gotta get ready, and that is how I run my life. "

" 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. "

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

" 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%. "

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