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I'm a big Hall and Oates fan.
When an artist becomes complacent, he dies.
When you're 19, a threesome is normal. It's fun.
I'm a work in progress. I'm trying to be better.
I think chemistry and great acting go hand-in-hand.
I got work to do. I got a lot of work to do within myself.
The American dream is more about opportunity than anything else.
Leadership is one of the things I really strive to excel in in my life.
For the women out there that I've hurt with my male privilege, I'm sorry.
If I don't know how to swim and two weeks later I know how to swim, I know how to swim.
I prefer to make movies which not only have a message for 'then' but a message for 'now.'
I prefer to make movies which not only have a message for "then" but a message for "now."
Some people think racism is if you say the n-word, so homophobia is if you call someone...
And when I say dominate, I just mean work harder than anyone else could possibly work at it.
I'm not perfect, I'm a flawed man, but I'm willing to try to get better, I'm willing to listen.
In all actuality, we got to do better about preparing our men for their interactions with women.
When I was young, to have a big nose, big lips or dark skin was the worst. You were the wretched.
I'm 36-years-old and I'm learning about definitions that I should have known when I started having sex.
If I can use my platform to affect change in gender, as I can in race, then I think I can have an impact.
I don't want to be a leader that is one-dimensional or two-dimensional because he's not willing to be open.
I recognize as a man there's a lot of things that I don't have to think about. But I'm thinking about them now.
I never examined my role in male culture, in hyper masculinity. I never examined it, nobody ever called me on it.
Women have been such an important part of my life. I try, every day, to be a better father to my daughters and a better husband.
Identify your niche and dominate it. And when I say dominate, I just mean work harder than anyone else could possibly work at it.
I think patriotism is all about wanting to see America better, wanting to see those are oppressed do better and get treated better.
I, for one, believe that partisanship should have nothing to do with the actions of Christ. You're either Christlike, or you're not.
I can't remember ever having a conversation about the definition of consent when I was a kid. I knew that no meant no, but that's it.
I think, at some point, we have to be followers of Christ - not followers of White Christ, or any other color Christ, for that matter.
The black community is my community - the LGBT community, too, and the female community. That is my community. That's me; it's who I am.
I'm trying to transform behaviors and ideas that have never been challenged in certain ways in my life. I'm not the kid that I was at 19.
I have engaged in hyper-male culture, and I'm learning about it, and I'm learning how I can change and help young boys and young men change.
Every day I'm reassessing what I've been taught against what I see, and the man I need to be if I'm going to call myself a leader of anybody.
I coach a high school wrestling team and a middle school team. I consider myself a coach and an activist, so I'm really involved in the community.
When I walk home at night I don't have to worry about anything. But when a woman walks home at night she gotta think about a lot of different things.
I never felt the need to introduce all the obstacles in my past when I say, 'Hello, my name is Nate.' But at the same time, I've never hidden from it.
Sadly, black people disassociate ourselves from the things which make us who we are, identifying them as lesser, or inferior. It's a form of self hate.
I need to take toward a lot of things that will refine me and make me better suited for leading anyone out of any place of injustice to a place of justice.
When I think about 1999, I think about being a 19-year-old kid, and I think about my attitude and behavior just toward women with respect objectifying them.
When I was young, to have a big nose, big lips or dark skin was the worst. You were the wretched. That was something I not only felt, but I participated in.
So often, when we don't have people that can be representative or symbolic of leadership and of faith, of purpose, in that absence we become bitter and resentful.
My mother always tells me, "Fear isn't from God," and I believe that. But sometimes, I wonder whether I'll be able step into the shoes that God has prepared for me.
Let me be the first to say I can't remember ever having a conversation about the definition of consent when I was a kid. I knew that 'no' meant 'no,' but that's it.
We all serve a purpose. My purpose isn't to be rejected. My purpose isn't to think small or to be introverted. This door closed is literally pushing me to the next door.
When you're in a relationship with someone you have to be in control of that relationship and you have to be as open as you can about everything, straight up, out the gate.
When you're 19, getting a girl to say yes, or being a dog, or being a player, cheating. Consent is all about - for me, back then - if you can get a girl to say yes, you win.
All I can do is seek the information that'll make me stronger, that'll help me overcome my toxic masculinity, my male privilege, because that's something you never think about.
I think it's like the '60s - we're going to see another revolution in film where these new filmmakers stand up and take ownership of what film is and mould it into what they want.
This is the psychosis of being a human being - the things that we deal with on a day-to-day basis that make us who we are and that sometimes we have to get on the couch and talk out.
Sometimes little things can prolong an experience in a way that you run over budget. It's very scientific; a lot of people don't understand the science that goes behind making a film.
I just feel like if I really believe what Dr. King said, 'Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere,' then I should be compelled to use my God-given platform to effect change.