'madea' Is A Southern Term. It's Short

There Were Certain Areas In The Country Where I Couldn't Go Without Being Stopped And Asked For Autographs And Pictures For Years.

I Was A Very Poor Young Black Boy In New Orleans, Just A Face Without A Name, Swimming In A Sea Of Poverty Trying To Survive.

My Mother Was Truly My Saving Grace, Because She Would Take Me To Church With Her. I Would See My Mother Smiling In The Choir, And I Wanted To Know This God That Made Her So Happy. If I Had Not Had That Faith In My Life, I Don't Know Where I Would Be Right Now.

I Realized That Here's A Moment For Me To Learn So Until I Learn And Understand More About How Types Of Films Are Done - Action, Sci-fi - Even Though I Have A Desire To Do It, I Won't Go Into It Until I'm Very Clear That I Can Do It And That Moment Hasn't Come Yet. Maybe One Day I Will Ready, But For Now, I Just Enjoyed Playing The Character.

There Was Our House In New Orleans. Two Blocks In Front Of Us Were These Beautiful Mansions And Two Blocks Behind Us Were The Ghetto, Projects, And That's Where I Had To Go To School, But I Would Always Pattern My Life Looking Forward. It Was Almost Literal.