It's Not Always About The Money.

I Remember When We Were In Rehearsals And We Were Going Through It Because We Rehearsed Before We Went To Toronto, And It's More Of The Same. She And I Had To Deal With A Lot Of Stuff In This Movie And We Really Have To Take Ourselves There. It Actually Started In Rehearsals, And Just Revisiting That Piece Of It All. Just The Way Monica Is And What She Says And The Way She Looks At Me, It Really Affects Me Throughout Rehearsals And Throughout The Scenes.

Producing Is Easier, I Can Just Be At The Set Overseeing The Story.

You Have To Be Insane To Direct.

I Think That Mos Def Is The Best Actor, But When You Talk About Rappers In Films, I Don't Really Think The Quality Of The Acting Is Most Important Because Most Rappers Are Put In Movies Because Of The Personality And People Want To See That.

Unless You Are Really Grounded And Have A True Sense Of Reality, You Can Get Lost In That And A Lot Of People Do And That's Why You See So Many People With Successful Careers But With Destructive Lives.