Every single film I've done, it's about the character.

Waking up in TRUTH is so much better than living in a lie.

What an honor it was to step into the shoes of Nelson Mandela and portray a man who defied odds, broke down barriers, and championed human rights before the eyes of the world.

I want to go to Sierra Leone with something - whether it's some sort of contribution to healthcare, or to the entertainment industry. My cousin is a nurse; we are talking about opening a clinic.

I'm never shaken or stirred.

My Father always told me that a fool at 40 is a fool for life.

I was always a real athletic kid. Then when I got older, I just figured it was part of life to keep training.

The less I talk about being black, the better.

I've been DJing mostly, and most DJs end up producing. That's just me.

I knew that if I wanted to be all I could be, I would have to go to the US. It took three years to get the accent right.

I'm tactile, very tactile. A woman who has really nice, looked-after skin is such a turn-on for me. It's always sexy.

Suddenly, it occurred to me that my feelings towards the little man were distinctly maternal. Good God, I thought, how utterly revolting, and I turned my mind firmly to the problem at hand.

Try your ideas. You might surprise yourself.

God prefers your health and your obedience to your penance.

A lot of what we say and do are regurgitated things that have to do with what we think we're supposed to be saying and doing.

Novelisation doesn't imply the truth. Readers are sophisticated enough to know that.

If you born in the mud, you gonna be dirty, and people don't understand that.

What I want to do is, I want to put together a nice list of those guys who I really did admire when I was growing up, listening to names like Lord Finesse.

Drinking a cup of green tea, I stopped the war.

The way I see it, rock n' roll is folk music.

The era of big government is over.