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I Didn't Have A Knee-jerk Reaction Like Some People Did To The Language And The Violence. My Stepfather Was A History Teacher At Lincoln High School In Dallas. So, I Was Already Familiar With The N-word And The Brutality Of Slavery. What I Was Drawn To Was The Love Story Between Django And Broomhilda And How He Defends And Gets The Girl In The End. I Thought It Was Just An Amazing And Courageous Project.

In L.a. You Can Hide. I Can Hide At The Beach, Hide Up In The Hills. In Miami Everybody Is Looking At You.

It's Hard To Be A Celebrity Nowadays. It's Not About Your Track Record Anymore. If You Have A Great Movie, You're Good. If Not, People Are Ready To Write You Off. I Think The Only Ones Who Are Really Winning Are People Like Will Smith. People Go, 'oh, It's Will Smith. I've Got To See Him, Whatever He's In.'

You Gotta Have The Balls To Go Out There And Be Funny, Man.

I've Had To Be A Man Since I Was 12 Or 13. I Had A Job. And I Was Playing The Piano For People Twice My Age. Handling Responsibility Is What Makes A Man A Man.