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" Just take one small victory at a time. "

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" There's no greater source of happiness than giving yourself to other people. "

" No one likes to be typecast, but I would like to believe that the attention I get is for my acting, but at the same time, darn it, if I get to keep playing the handsome, smart guy, then that's also a blessing, and it's the last thing I would complain about. "

" Black people are not often considered mainstream. "

" I don't like a whole lot of flash and superficial stuff; I want a woman that's all-natural, in her purest form. "

" You can add five years to your lifespan by just making intelligent lifestyle choices. "

" She's equally as gracious as someone who shares experiences with you as she is as a superior. What's so graceful about her is that no matter what, she's just Oprah. "

" Everything is a negotiation. Everything is a little bit of give and take. "

" Many women are so wounded that they can't love another person. "

" I have a Masters and a technology degree already. When I'm not in film or television, my wheels are spinning full time. "

" Pittsburgh is home. I was born there, and it will always have priority in that respect. "

" You need a spiritual foundation. Something that allows you to see how you connect to the rest of the universe. It's simple stuff, but it's hard. "

" I'm all about black folks working together and progressing together. "

Working Together

" We're human beings trying to love each other. There are constant revelations and room for growth. "

" I've always been attracted to more than just the way a woman looks and the way she's shaped. "

" What I've learned is that what most women really want deep down inside is time to get to know you - and your undivided attention. They want it to be about them for a little while. "

" I wanted to create a line for women and men alike that would encourage them to embrace the harmony and divine balance of sensuality and spirituality within all of us. Forplai is an opportunity to not only smell good and feel good, but to also take time to connect with the heavens above and the god in you. "

" Sometimes you can see a pilot, and then when the series starts, it's different people. That's always possible. "

" My mother and father were visionaries in Pittsburgh, part of that collective of people who were creative and active together, and I am a product of that community and those relationships. "

" Everybody is important. Everybody has something to give. "

" I need a woman who is secure and loves herself first. Then she can share that love and light with me. "

" As an actor, you're not a person; you're a product, a commodity. It's about money. Your job is about making money for other people. At some point, you learn how to be on the other side of that table. You write, direct, produce, and create opportunity for yourself. Then you start to make money for yourself. "

" Purity of the spirit is important. A lot of people don't focus on what's going on inside, and no matter what they look like, even sometimes when people do all this wonderful work or they are blessed naturally to look good on the outside, if their spirit is ugly - I don't care how fine you are, if you're ugly on the inside, then you're uglier. "

" Sometimes, people only change what they look like for the acceptance of other people, and that's where you start going wrong. "

" People have no concept of boundaries. "

" I learned at a very young age how to be simplistic and sincere. "

" High blood pressure is a major health crisis in the black community. "

" I'm especially honored that The Black Gents will debut Off-Broadway and pay tribute to The Tuskegee Airmen and other ancestors of that time who have embodied excellence, self-determination, and self-discipline. "

Self-Discipline

" It's always a wonderful experience to keep working. "

" The perfect date is real simple. I wanna just spend a nice casual day walking in the park, playing on the swings... throwing bread crumbs to the ducks, really just chilling and getting to know each other and connecting with the real woman. "

" It's not attractive to be talking down about yourself all the time. All you continue to do to yourself is pull yourself further down into a deeper place of depression and sadness and insecurity and fear and hopelessness, so it's like, having God in your life is important, accepting who you are is important, regardless of what you look like. "