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" Many of us are in are in our own prisons that aren't made of iron bars. "

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

" We all have choices we have to make, and with those choices come certain sacrifices. "

" If you have a debt issue or credit card issue, start dealing with it. If you have a tax issue, don't just say, 'I'm not going to file.' There are ways to deal with these things, but you must communicate with your creditors, whether it's a credit card company or tax department. "

" I'm not telling anyone, 'Quit your job and be homeless to go for your dream.' "

" When it comes to African Americans and African American actors, Hollywood has always felt that if you can make us laugh, that's fine, but we don't need to see you do a 'Schindler's List,' where there's no jokes or music or comedic through-line. "

" 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. "

" You can't build anything with a flimsy foundation. Friendship is the foundation. "

" There's nothing wrong with wanting a partner and doing the things to have one. To protect ourselves, we have to say, 'I don't need one.' "

" For me, self-esteem-building and confidence-building is the foundation for anything that we do, whether you want to be a writer, a painter, or a entrepreneur. "

" 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. "

" Since I'm in the entertainment business, I think I have to hold a mirror up to myself and say, 'Am I complicit in miseducating and misinforming our youth by participating in this business, or can I use this business to re-educate and uplift?' "

" At the end of a down day on Wall Street, we all need to be able to sleep peacefully at night. That comfort won't come from our bank balance. "

" 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. "

" You deserve a great life. I want to see you become unreasonably happy. And you can. And you will. "

" The best way to protect young black, brown, men of color, women of color, is to actually stop profiling, stop the prejudice, and stop the judgment first. "

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

" We all have inherited so many types of fears, whether they're race-based, culture-based, gender-based, age-based, family-based. And then we get comfortable with these fears. "

" Part of the problem in today's world is that many men are taught that they have to 'make it' before they should even consider committed to a healthy partnership. "

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

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

" Gabrielle Union is my best friend. "

" It's heartening when people hear for the first time that their vote really matters. "

" It's important for someone like me - who's known Obama for 20 years - to speak the truth. I know him to be a Christian man. I know him to be one of the greatest patriots. "

" On 'CSI: NY,' the audience knew I was a really good guy, and I caught the bad guy. "

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

" What I've found in doing research is that men want a relationship that feels fun. In other words, they want a relationship that has qualities or elements of their same-sex relationships - just like women do, too. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" You can live a healthy lifestyle and do the best to be aware of your body and conscious, and that's what I attempt to do. "

" 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. "