Malik Yoba

“I know that my fans, who have followed me for years, want to know what I'm doing.”

“When you engage with people as an artist you know exactly what they feel and what they're thinking.”

“Film and television, one is generally faster. Television generally moves faster in terms of directing, schedules and getting things done. Film, you're on a pretty tight schedule, so the process is the dame.”

“Don't think because I'm a positive dude, I'm going to always say something nice. If you come at me crooked, one too many times or if too many people came at me crooked too many times in a row, then they're going to get it. I don't always exercise that self control and I don't regret it either.”

“It took me until my 40s to realize the five essential areas that are important to at least have a real dating chance. Obviously, beyond the physical compatibility, which is where we all start in junior high school, I think that intellectual compatibility and spiritual compatibility, emotional intelligence, and financial compatibility are important.”

“The issues that black men face oftentimes are the issues that everyone faces. Do you have the ability to be present? Are you working on yourself? Do you understand what it means to be a man? To be responsible, loving, vulnerable?”

“Food is very powerful.”

“If you tell yourself you can't, you're right.”

“Success is putting one step in front of the other to get through that door whatever that door is.”

“I had a paper route at eight years old in Harlem.”

“I made some money, some real money on my first real estate transaction.”

“My mother ran away from my father after 16 years of being married to him. She was 16 when she hooked up with him. She left him after having six kids.”

“For me, 'Cool Runnings' was amazing because I always wanted to bobsled and go to the Olympics.”

“I personally don't prefer acting and directing in something because I don't have the same objectivity.”

“A lot of times people are caught between doing the things they have to do versus following their passion and I'm someone who, at a very young age chose to be of service.”

“Baltimore and Detroit - they are solid cities.”

“Even when I did 'New York Undercover' I put together a five-year marketing and promotional campaign to maximize the exposure of that show.”

“It's not all about starring in a TV show for me. It's about being able to provide opportunity and employment for other people.”

“I've always been an activist, so my participation in community outreach and helping is just a natural extension of that.”

“It's always nice when you see an email in your inbox that says 'offer,' then you read the email and go, 'Oh, okay. Who's doing it, what's it about?'”