So I feel like success is opportunity plus preparation, so work begets work, and as long as you're prepared it's going to continue to come your way..

I'm definitely not a muscle builder or a guy that's interested in being a muscle builder. It feels good to get back down to a normal size. Not like a….

I was raised with a sense of entrepreneurship - my father owned a roofing business, and I grew up with the idea that you never want someone telling y….

I like movies. Movies have afforded me a modicum of luxuries. The thing about the movies is, if you're bad in a movie, you're bad forever..

It's because the idea of what's cool is different. When you talk to a girl who goes to regular school, what's cool is whether or not you've been to j….

I went to school and made good grades and went to college. So I was afforded an opportunity through my parents' hard work that most people don't have..

Acting is the only medium were people think they can just stand up and do it because they can say lines, but that is not so much the case. You have t….

I'm not Josh Brolin or Ryan Gosling. They're more noir than I..

I'm a poet. I'm just a renaissance man in my heart. I can build shelves and I can write poetry..

At Juilliard, I couldn't afford to have fun. I went to school and stayed home..

If the acting don't work out, I'll have a future in construction..

Not too many people can say they love what they do and they really like the people they work with..

Playing somebody who's real, you can bring all kind of nuances and things to him that you get from source material and things like that, but the more….

Even though homelessness reaches into the depths of despair, there's also a pride and beauty in it, as well..

Everybody knows when you've got a role in a Spike Lee movie, you're gonna blow up. But I happen to be the only person who's had the lead in the two S….

When I was in high school, I read the whole thing about Don King and he had this quote that said, "Set yourself on fire and the world will pay to wat….

I would love to be a superhero..

There are a lot of limitations and stigmas that are placed on young actors, specifically young black actors..

For me, Christmas is about family, loving, forgiveness, compassion, understanding and comradery..

I'm not Martin Luther King. I can't be Martin Luther King. The only thing I can do is present what I feel the essence of Martin Luther King is..

It's hard sometimes when you're in a regular high school, you just feel like the odd kid out. The great thing about going to an art school [is] it's ….