Lamman Rucker

“I don't like a whole lot of flash and superficial stuff; I want a woman that's all-natural, in her purest form.”

“I'm all about black folks working together and progressing together.”

“You can change your body shape by permitting yourself to exercise and eat a healthy diet and so on - and we've heard miraculous stories of people who have lost hundreds of pounds, and they look like a completely different person - but that's not the norm for the average person, and a lot of times, people don't get that way in a healthy way.”

“You can add five years to your lifespan by just making intelligent lifestyle choices.”

“The perfect date is real simple. I wanna just spend a nice casual day walking in the park, playing on the swings... throwing bread crumbs to the ducks, really just chilling and getting to know each other and connecting with the real woman.”

“As an actor, you're not a person; you're a product, a commodity. It's about money. Your job is about making money for other people. At some point, you learn how to be on the other side of that table. You write, direct, produce, and create opportunity for yourself. Then you start to make money for yourself.”

“This is America, and everybody has the right to voice and to have an opinion and to have their commentary on things and people.”

“Black people are not often considered mainstream.”

“It's not attractive to be talking down about yourself all the time. All you continue to do to yourself is pull yourself further down into a deeper place of depression and sadness and insecurity and fear and hopelessness, so it's like, having God in your life is important, accepting who you are is important, regardless of what you look like.”

“You need a spiritual foundation. Something that allows you to see how you connect to the rest of the universe. It's simple stuff, but it's hard.”

“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.”

“It's great to go to work and your boss is a black man, one of your peers, you know?”

“Sometimes, people only change what they look like for the acceptance of other people, and that's where you start going wrong.”

“High blood pressure is a major health crisis in the black community.”

“We're human beings trying to love each other. There are constant revelations and room for growth.”

“I have a Masters and a technology degree already. When I'm not in film or television, my wheels are spinning full time.”

“What I've learned is that what most women really want deep down inside is time to get to know you - and your undivided attention. They want it to be about them for a little while.”

“I still play ball competitively because it helps keep me stay in shape.”

“Sometimes you can see a pilot, and then when the series starts, it's different people. That's always possible.”

“Man, my days in Oakdale were a whirlwind.”