Being Just An Actor, Sometimes People Are

I Want To Thank My Daughter, Who Told Me, 'if You Don't Win, Dad, You're Still Good,' ... Who Taught Me How To Act.

Also, I Think Having That Comic Gene Kind Of Makes You Look At Things In A Different Way. If You Take Yourself So Seriously, Eventually You End Up One Of Those People Having A 'do Not Disturb' Sign On Their Lives. You See Them Drawing The Curtains And They Don't Even Realize That They've Kind Of Drifted Off Somewhere.

In Looking At Hollywood And Its Structure, The Director Controls The Medium, And I Want To Be In Control Of Certain Things. I Want To Be Able To Get My Own Ideas And My Own Feelings Out There, And The Only Way To Do That Is To Be Behind The Camera.

Every Single Thing In My Life Is Built Around Race.

When You Sing R&b Songs In Front Of An Audience, You Look Out And There's 85% Women. I Think R&b Music Is Sort Of Designed For A Man Singing To A Woman. I Don't Sing It Like The Sexy Thing, But Sort Of Pseudo-sexy. We Rally The Women Together Because It's About Being Independent And Things Like That.