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I just wanted to be a scientist
Don't just view me as an actor.
I just wanted to be a scientist.
Dating black women will ruin your life
I ad lib. I've gotta bring my own into it.
My future's about trying to be a better man
My future's about trying to be a better man.
If evolution works, why are monkeys still around?
If a relationship is built on sexuality, it won't last long.
I've always had a natural fear of the police, or abuse of their power
You just drop a character like this that and the other and it's done.
I've always had a natural fear of the police, or abuse of their power.
So I show appreciation for the little gifts that have been handed to me.
When you hear buzz around the beehive, you know they're making honey in there.
It's just me and my guitar, and the rhythm's from there, and the poetry of life.
There's nothing wrong with calling a spade a spade. Some things have to be exposed.
The purpose of my life is being a father to my kids and being a husband to my wife.
I don't have any love for this business or the game or for acting. This is my day job.
Every artist has to grow, and has to challenge themselves with a new form of expression
Every artist has to grow, and has to challenge themselves with a new form of expression.
My father always said that if you want oranges, you have to go to where the oranges grow.
All the things we have to remember, and I've mentioned this before, is that we're all artists.
You keep knocking on the devil's door long enough and sooner or later someone's gonna answer you.
I found from working on the film that I am a bigot, at times. And that I am also a coward, at times.
I am an engineer, but what I find important and necessary is that you just learn things as you go along.
I'm damn near 37 years old, and I'm jumping up and down on the bed like my 10-year-old. I was a wild man
And right now I may just be living inside the heart of the body, and I one day hope to move to the brain.
If you're not going to do your job, get out of here. Don't mess up my work. This is how I feed my family.
The difference with Cleveland is that the racial tension was not a casual taste of it. It was outlandish.
They say everybody gets 15 minutes. I hope I'm just inside the first minute and the next 14 go really slow.
I want to be the condensation on the glass. I want to be that phenomenon that takes place between hot and cold.
Sometimes the only way to make palatable that which is appalling and apprehensive is to season it with some humor.
And, so yeah, I'll always want to work in independent films because you're not forced into a category or a formula.
There's no excuse to hit a woman... Ever. Not even in a movie role, because you might really like it. And then what?
There's also a part of me that's self-destructive, and another part that's a hero who's going to stand up for a principle.
The Oscar is the fantasy that you're afraid to believe in, but in the secrecy of your dark room, you dream and wait for it.
I like to watch mankind in its futile attempt to understand the unknown, when they don't even understand that which they know
I like to watch mankind in its futile attempt to understand the unknown, when they don't even understand that which they know.
I can't tell you if one day I'll be standing up there with an Oscar or directing, but I am going to be the best human being I possibly can
I can't tell you if one day I'll be standing up there with an Oscar or directing, but I am going to be the best human being I possibly can.
And when I stopped doing that and started thinking about what feels natural and what feels right to me and started pleasing myself, then it became good.
I like women who look like me. Generally, you're attracted to women who look like you, because the most beautiful thing in nature is your own reflection.
Every little job becomes a dream, and you don't recall it anymore, and maybe you might have a deja vu moment, but it's like something you dreamed earlier
Every little job becomes a dream, and you don't recall it anymore, and maybe you might have a deja vu moment, but it's like something you dreamed earlier.
My life's experiences, I've always had, my uncle used to call it antenna. I know what's going to happen oftentimes before it happened when it's involving me
My life's experiences, I've always had, my uncle used to call it antenna. I know what's going to happen oftentimes before it happened when it's involving me.
No, most of the decisions that I make with regard to taking roles, I just look for something that's challenging, something that I think I can accomplish, you know
No, most of the decisions that I make with regard to taking roles, I just look for something that's challenging, something that I think I can accomplish, you know.
The reason that I'm an actor, or an artist, is ultimately because I'm trying to paint a self-portrait, and the most complete and beautiful self-portrait that you can.
Every one of us is an artist, and as an artist, you really can stroll into any venue that you want, as long as you take your time to learn the etiquette of that venue.