It's a huge blessing to know you've done something that has affected people the way 'The Matrix' has. It's like, there's 'Star Wars,' and then there's 'The Matrix.' It's cool to be a part of that.

I really don't know that I'm iconic. I don't even know that people think I'm cool.

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.

When I think of Othello, I think of a poet-warrior. Let me say that again - a romantic warrior. And I think I have those qualities in common with him.

I see that I have, as part of my stock in trade, a very regal personality and carriage. I see that I have a kind of strength, a kind of command, and a kind of power that one would associated with a monarch.

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.

I don't believe in acting teachers for me, so it's God's joke that he gave me a best friend who's an acting teacher.

I have this unshakeable faith. I believe in myself; I believe in God.