You Have To Be Insane To Direct.

Action Films Are Emotionally And Physically Draining, And You're Dirty And Sweaty. In A Romantic Comedy, You Have To Have Your Fingernails Perfect, You're In Air-conditioned Rooms The Whole Time.

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.

I Didn't Pursue Acting To Become Famous. I Was Actually Just Trying To Make A Living.

Sometimes The Stereotypes That A Lot Of People Have Are Of Black Men In Jail Or Who Don't Take Care Of Their Kids, So I Think It's Always Important To Have That.

It's Hard When You See A Scene Where It's Raining, And We Have The Rain Machine, And You See It For 5 Minutes, But That Scene Takes All Day To Shoot, And You Do It With Rain, And The Dry Off, And Go Back And Do It Again.