I'm connected to a Wesley Snipes, and I'm connected to Giancarlo Esposito because of the history of films that we've all been a part of with Spike Lee.
If I can inspire one person to actually administer change, to want to inspire change, I will follow that person.
Football was the best route to obtain my independence.
In college, I had an alias: I was Johnny.
Spike Lee is a master of tone, so basically, if he wants to do something, he should do it, and Imma listen.
I think, culturally, stories are important, whether it be cinema, whether it be by word of mouth - which I don't even know if we do anymore, as it all seems to be social media.
Reinaldo Marcus Green - I'm so blessed an honored to have worked with him.
It's a beautiful thing when you serve the team.
A lot of NFL guys are misunderstood.
Movies are magical. It transcends a lot of hate or human faults in real life because of the fantasy of it all.
Of course I've felt racism.
I went to bar mitzvahs as a kid. I had a lot of classmates who are Jewish.
I went to a historically black college.
Hate is a problem.
Coming from a football background, when everybody is doing their job and operating on such a high level, it only motivates you to do the same.
I'm still trying to find the actor I want to be, but I know what kind of the talent I want to be around.
I would tell people my dad was all the characters he's played in movies, because once you say he's a lawyer or something, they move on.
I've gotten rejected hundreds of times.
They were very supportive parents in all my endeavors. They have very different approaches on how they give advice.
I got a lot of whoopings back in the day. I was a very curious kid.
