Everything is a negotiation. Everything is a little bit of give and take.
High blood pressure is a major health crisis in the black community.
I wanted to create a line for women and men alike that would encourage them to embrace the harmony and divine balance of sensuality and spirituality within all of us. Forplai is an opportunity to not only smell good and feel good, but to also take time to connect with the heavens above and the god in you.
I'm all about black folks working together and progressing together.
No one likes to be typecast, but I would like to believe that the attention I get is for my acting, but at the same time, darn it, if I get to keep playing the handsome, smart guy, then that's also a blessing, and it's the last thing I would complain about.
When all is said and done, I want to die exhausted and empty because I gave everything that was in me. I believe that's why we're all here: to give of ourselves to one another to help create a better world, because you can't take it with you.
You can add five years to your lifespan by just making intelligent lifestyle choices.
'Why Did I Get Married?' did so well because it gave some real perspective on the realities of love.
Most importantly, I realize the value of the other people - the extended family - the other people within my community, my cultures: my teachers and the other people I call Auntie, Uncle, Godfather, Godbrother, whatever. These are people who pulled you in and made you part of their lives and their homes.
I'm a proud Ellington alum. It has everything to do with who I am.
My mother and father were visionaries in Pittsburgh, part of that collective of people who were creative and active together, and I am a product of that community and those relationships.
Pittsburgh is home. I was born there, and it will always have priority in that respect.
Throughout my career, I wouldn't say my roles have been based on my being considered eye candy.