It's weird, sometimes I still see myself as just starting out. I tend to forget how much I've been doing, but in the beginning it is about the hustle….

I grew in a community where I saw the process of how one becomes a drug dealer or a gang banger or a stick-up kid. There's a series of events that ha….

Writers will see your work and want to try you in different things but I think you have to stay true to your vehicle. We all have a vehicle. Whether ….

I do happen to love Honey Nut Cheerios. I don't know if I want to walk down to the store in my pajamas for them. But I do love them..

I love dealing with drama. I'm drawn to the painful side of storytelling, more so. I feel like that's where you get the most honesty from. My laughte….

I haven't had a problem with being typecast, but if I was only getting one type of role, I wouldn't mind. What I'm worried about is not working..

No one wakes up one day and decides they want to become a drug dealer or they want to be a stick-up kid. Those decisions are made after a series of e….

The streets would have chewed me up and spit me out and I knew that, but I found my own ways and different knacks for getting in trouble and being re….

You know, my childhood was pretty colorful; I like to use the word turbulent..

CHILDHOOD IS THAT STATE WHICH ENDS THE MOMENT A PUDDLE IS FIRST VIEWED AS AN OBSTACLE INSTEAD OF AN OPPORTUNITY.

I am a dark-skinned, nappy-headed, scar-faced dude from the streets of Brooklyn. I can't hide from being who I am. It's all over my face..

My job is to bring to life the character, not to put the words on the paper..

When you love someone unconditionally, you go to war for them, and they do that for each other. They know they can call each other when they need eac….

At the core of every person or belief, there's a pain and a thorn. There's always something, whether it's a physical thing, a health thing, or an I w….

Having been through the muck and mire, I've had my own brush with bad choices..

Addiction is a health issue, not a social issue, not a crime, not a legal issue..

I'm more liable to hurt myself than someone else..

I understand pain very well, so I look for that in a role. If the characters are well-written, don't tell nobody, but I'll do the damn thing for free….

The most successful people reach the top not because they are free of limitations, but because they act in spite of their limitations.

I use my job to engage empathy and compassion for people society might stereotype or ostricise..

Our criminal justice system has swallowed up too many people I love..