I figured, when I make a movie, especially earlier in my career, one thing I was going to make sure was that the movie doesn't cost a lot and that it….

You don't wanna mess up what you've done. It's like Jordan coming back: You're scared to mess up the legacy..

Get a grip, Oreo, and be true to the game..

We should love the fact that we're not just getting one point of view. That we have this diversity in entertainment, and people are not scared to be ….

I'm always the "less is more" guy when it comes to a scene. So I'ma be the one who will keep it grounded. Even if I let it go off and go crazy, I'm s….

I go light on breakfast. Sometimes it's a yogurt, but a lot of times it's leftovers from one of my wife's dinners..

Can't step from one movie set to the next. Only Samuel L. Jackson can do that. All us mere mortals can't do that!.

If you give anybody the chance, they can always make a decent human being out of themselves. It's the people that don't have a chance, that we look d….

You learn that Hollywood has its own rules, sometimes. And it's tricky, and sometimes you can't see what's coming around the corner..

Do I gotta go sell me a whole lotta crack for decent shelter and clothes on my back?.

The way I grew up and the neighborhood I come from, when you know somebody's beating you and you still let it happen, then you're a victim. You're no….

I believe our society has fell into a pyramid system where there's people relegated to the bottom of that pyramid and there's people that feel like t….

I was ready to get out of the box and play something a little different than what everybody has seen..

If you love what you do, and you believe in your talent, there's nothing better than breaking through. There's no better feeling than breaking throug….

Don't want to hear my favorite rapper doin' a love song. If I want to hear something soft, I'll throw on Luther Vandross..

The devil made you a slave. Your waitin' for the devil to come from the ground. Take a look around. Just look at the cross that the priest is holdin'….

I've always gotten good grades, you know, with my teachers and my English teachers, 'cause I was able to - they'd say, "What did you do for the summe….

I believe every pencil has to be sharpened every now and then to stay sharp, or you dull out. So my records, I chose to speak on what black people do….

Usually people who attack the rap are people who aren't even fans..

Rap is always evolving. It's easy for the old school to hate the new school, but it's a music that got a little stifled I think, by the Internet a li….

Today I didn't even have to even use my A.K ! I got to say it was a good day.