When I saw the script [of The Man], I saw the character and knew I could do the character. It's a relationship movie, which is also what I love to do. That's what attracts me to projects.

You know me. It's my duty to please that booty.

Just 'cause you pour syrup on something doesnt make it pancakes

I never had one beer. If I bought a six-pack of beer, I kept drinking till all six beers were gone. You have to have that kind of understanding about yourself. I haven't had a drink now in 12 years.

If you do not have courage, you may not have the opportunity to use any of your other virtues.

You ain't got but one life. You ought to live it the way you want.

We've come a long way in our thinking, but also in our moral decay. I can't imagine Dr. King watching the 'Real Housewives' or 'Jersey Shore.'

I grew up in the South with guns everywhere and we never shot anyone. This [shooting] is about people who aren't taught the value of life.

If you have an opportunity to use your voice you should use it.

Anyone who tells you money can't buy happiness never had any.

The best advice that was given to me was that I had to be 10 times smarter, braver and more polite to be equal. So I did.

Open mind → Learning → Knowledge → Baseline for leadership

It’s truly interesting to observe how genetics works in families, and what a huge lottery it is to inherit some of our relatives’ appearance features.

God will not look you over for medals degrees or diplomas but for scars.

Too much good fortune can make you smug and unaware. Happiness should be like an oasis, the greener for the desert that surrounds it.

Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is God's gift, that's why we call it the present.

I don't know what it is I exude. But whatever it is, it's whatever I am!

Every actor wants to get their two cents in about a scene at the end of the day.

He was a fugitive, lurking soul, James Leer. He didn't belong anywhere, but things went much better for him in places where nobody belonged.

Whenever I do a movie I always like to base my character off of a couple different characters.

Buy less, choose well: that's the maxim. Quality not quantity. That's the most environmentally friendly thing you can do.