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" Throughout my career, I wouldn't say my roles have been based on my being considered eye candy. "

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" 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. "

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

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

" You can change your body shape by permitting yourself to exercise and eat a healthy diet and so on - and we've heard miraculous stories of people who have lost hundreds of pounds, and they look like a completely different person - but that's not the norm for the average person, and a lot of times, people don't get that way in a healthy way. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

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" 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. "

" My ability to bring different characters to life is what has helped me advance in my career, and I would say as far as looks are concerned, well, I suppose that would be the icing on the cake, but acting comes first and foremost. "

" I played ball in college and semi-professional, and aside from the game and all that, the most valuable thing is the relationships. Who can care how many rings you have or how many championships you've won or how many records you broke. The most valuable stuff is the intangible stuff. "

" Man, my days in Oakdale were a whirlwind. "

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

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

" I don't have a problem showing vulnerability. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" It's great to go to work and your boss is a black man, one of your peers, you know? "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I'm a proud Ellington alum. It has everything to do with who I am. "

" Black people are not often considered mainstream. "

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

" 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. "

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