American - Actor | July 30, 1961 -
On a motorcycle, you can't really think about more than where you are. There's a freedom that comes with that - from stress, worry, sweating the small stuff.
Laurence Fishburne
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I was in a movie with Marlon Brando. Now, I didn't have any scenes with Marlon Brando, but I had scenes with Martin Sheen and was around Dennis Hopper, who was a child actor in the studio system and was enamored of James Dean, as was Martin, and they were all sort of disciples of Brando.
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I didn't want to be a big star. I wanted to be a really good actor.
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I'm left-handed: I can think and feel at the same time. My feminine side is very highly developed.
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Paulo Coelho's 'The Alchemist' means a lot to me.
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Acting is a childlike thing. To act well, you have to be childlike in order to free yourself.
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I think of myself as being a relatively intelligent man who is open to a lot of different things and I think that questioning our purpose in life and the meaning of existence is something that we all go through at some point.
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It's important for a lot of young black males to value swagger over intelligence. Swagger is important, but intelligence must come before the swagger.
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In order to be the best version of yourself, you have to dedicate time, effort, and support to other people who need it.
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I certainly believe that being in contact with one's spirit and nurturing one's spirit is as important as nurturing one's body and mind. We are three dimensional beings: body, mind, spirit.
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If you asked someone who was a Maori about how they felt about how they were treated in Australia or New Zealand, you'll get an answer. They'll have something to tell you. And you might not like what you hear.
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I had two times in my life where I wanted to give up everything I worked for, but God gave me a job.
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