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“Like acting, undercover detective work requires a lot of performance. There's just more pressure because it's life-or-death situations.”
“As my father started ascending in the business, people around me started to treat me different. Our lives changed. So that anxiety, that sort of resentment, I just funneled it through football.”
“I've loved acting since I can remember.”
“So many people - DPs, writers, and the assistants that go on to be directors and writers - come from the School of Spike Lee. He's almost set up an Institution of Spike Lee.”
“I hope people will see how harmful words are and how irresponsible we can be when saying the wrong things at the wrong time to certain people.”
“There's a bit of me that always feels like, 'What's next? How can I get better?'”
“I had a father who was active, present. There are people out there that never knew their fathers, didn't have their father's support. If I were to complain, that would be real sad. How dare I?”
“In college, I had an alias: I was Johnny.”
“Make America great - to me... it's inclusion. Everybody in America, let's do it together, no matter what color you are. You're American. Let's figure it out.”
“This is a privilege, what we get to do. To be able to tell stories. It's a luxury. So I have a business-like approach to it, the same way I had with football.”
“Football players are creative when they're in the moment.”