It's really a great luxury to have, to be able to go from big films to indie films, too. Because I'm on the job learning as an actor, and independent films is where I'm learning to act.

For some reason, I struggle seeing myself as a leading man.

Basketballs dont hold grudges!

Kissing babies and hugging fat girls.

If you're pursuing something that you love and you're learning something new, every day, that's the key to youth [staying young].

People look at me, and they have a certain perception, and they slap a label on me. The guy you saw in a wrestling ring is not who I am.

It's much easier when you have your co-workers who are just, they're there in the moment. If you were out of the moment, you would feel odd.

Money Talks. Chocolate Sings.

I didn't want to be a movie star, I wanted to be an actor. Because acting is what I fell in love with, and acting is what is still challenging for me.

The worst injury I have ever suffered in the ring was a torn triceps; they had to take a piece of my hamstring to repair the tear. It was brutal; I was out for 6 months.

Nothing can motivate me any more than I'm motivated.

Creativity bleeds from the pen of inspiration.

I don't know why, but there's always the part of you, the part that hides in the shadows protecting the self-destruct button, that doesn't ever want to leave the dark behind.

The restriction of knowledge to an elite group destroys the spirit of the society and leads to its intellectual impoverishment.

We are told that talent creates opportunity, yet it is desire that creates talent.

If you feel like you've got something to offer you should do it while the iron's hot.

Look at television and how comparatively few minorities are out there.

I told my girlfriend that a praying mantis female eats its mate after copulation. She didn't take the hint.

The class of those who have the ability to think their own thoughts is separated by an unbridgeable gulf from the class of those who cannot.

We should be inspired by people... who show that human beings can be kind, brave, generous, beautiful, strong-even in the most difficult circumstances.