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It's not always about the money.
You have to be insane to direct.
I'm just happy to be working consistently.
I've had some physically challenging roles.
I want to tell stories for everyone, primarily.
I'm not going to take my shirt off in every movie.
You can become really pigeon-holed in this industry.
I've been in a situation where I was after the money.
Oh yeah, I'm a huge romance fan. And some women like action.
I enjoy what I do, but it's more challenging than people think.
Producing is easier, I can just be at the set overseeing the story.
Nah, I'm not a prima donna, but I just don't like being cold and wet.
There are a lot of people in this business that don't work consistently.
I think the best type of action movie combines a love story with the action.
I read so many scripts, that I don't do that much leisurely reading of books.
I want viewers to relate to me on a different level, not just a sexual level.
California is like the Mecca of the film industry. Everyone's seen California.
Ultimately what I want to do, I want to go back and do some more action movies.
I didn't pursue acting to become famous. I was actually just trying to make a living.
This industry is very make-believe and you caught in a false sense of what reality is.
I'm kind of a private person, and sometimes it's like pulling teeth to get me to talk.
Some people make a career out of doing one thing, but I wanted to diversify my body of work.
When you are the lead in a romantic comedy, you have to worry about people really liking you.
And I think from a male perspective, we have men talking about their feelings and it being okay.
I would like more challenging roles. I definitely would like to something that's more challenging.
I'm getting to the point where they see me as a good actor, rather than just a good guy who can act.
To me the work is so much more interesting, the parts that don't require you just to take your shirt off.
I think there's a bit of me in every character. Basically it just depends on what happens with the character.
I like to eat sweets. When I go to a restaurant, I'll read the dessert menu before I even look at the entrees.
I try to keep in shape and I always have to check myself. Whenever I binge eat, sweets are the one temptation.
One thing I love about making an ensemble film is that you can have ten people come away from it with ten different messages.
A lot of times, women don't get the male perspective in regards to a relationship, what men go through when they're not really dealing well.
At one point, people thought that Eddie Murphy would only reach one sector of the audience, but now everyone sees everything Eddie Murphy does.
I've done a lot of different things. I would say, it's really hard for me to say what the ultimate role would be. You look at a film if it comes to you.
I hate being cold and I hate being wet and around 80% percent of this film I was cold and another 60% I was cold and wet, so it wasn't the best shoot for me.
I would never want any of my kids to go into this industry; not until they are old enough to understand and if this is something that they really want to do.
Sometimes the stereotypes that a lot of people have are of black men in jail or who don't take care of their kids, so I think it's always important to have that.
Showtime has given new, young filmmakers - black, white, across the board - an opportunity to make films, as well as actors who want to cross over into directing.
In a lot of things I'm reacting to a lot of things. I'm reacting to a lot people around me. Sometimes not necessarily saying anything but I just have to be thinking it.
I am just another fireman because the story focuses on Joaquin Phoenix's character, but I play Joaquin's close friend and I get burned up a little bit, but I don't die.
This film is what it is. It's a campy thriller horror movie where you go and have fun. With these types of films, you can't take it too seriously. They are what they are.
I think it's just growth, and development, timing. I've been fortunate to be around for a long time. Allowed me to get better as an actor. Allowed me to play better roles.
You start making movies and people start seeing when you go to places, and all of a sudden you are getting clothes for free and all of a sudden you are getting food for free.
You really don't have to worry about your spouse, as long as you trust him or her. If you trust your spouse or whoever you're in a relationship with, everybody else doesn't matter.
I do feel that movies and music do have the power to slightly influence a person's decision. I believe that if violence is not in a person, then the film is not going to encourage them.
Action films are emotionally and physically draining, and you're dirty and sweaty. In a romantic comedy, you have to have your fingernails perfect, you're in air-conditioned rooms the whole time.
I'm an R&B and Hip-Hop type guy. When I work out, which I do at least four or five times a week, I love to get the latest Hip-Hop because it really pumps me up and inspires me to get that workout on.
My idea of a perfect holiday is spending time with the family, waking up on Christmas morning or Thanksgiving morning, watching football all day, having the family come over, people you haven't seen...
Unless you are really grounded and have a true sense of reality, you can get lost in that and a lot of people do and that's why you see so many people with successful careers but with destructive lives.
If someone had said to me ten years ago "Yo, we have this role of this pimp who wants to be a rapper, he lives in Memphis", I'd be like, "Really?" But then when you read it and you see it, you say "That's a great role."