Actor Quotes

I want to try new things and put myself out there and take some risks.

I moved to L.A. right out of high school, but not to act. I think I chose it because it was on the same time zone as Seattle, where I'm from.

I love pain. Love pain.

I grew up playing sports, football, basketball, baseball, everything, and acting was such a different environment and different world for me.

I get bored easily.

I don't actually go out and pursue a route that will fit me best, it's just that something comes to me and I enjoy it and want to be a part of it.

I could live a thousand years and still not know everything, still not have tried anything.

I can't hear music. I don't understand it. It's so above and beyond me.

Anything - a destination, a person - that has some mystery around it becomes exciting and attractive.

While growing up in Birmingham around a lot of West Indian people, reggae and calypso were big influences early on but Otis Redding was the one person who made me wanna sing myself.

Our managers hadn't had that kind of success - the record company hadn't, we hadn't - and the feeling was that the next record had to be even bigger, and if it wasn't it would be some kind of failure.

I jumped off the wheel of fortune because I wanted to simplify things. Now I've fulfilled my obligations to myself by making my new record. I'd like it to sell millions of copies, but my self - worth is not based on chart positions.

It's better to burn brightly for half as long than to be a dim lingering light.

I think I'm actually quite a materialistic person, I value what it takes to make a car or build a nice house. Money does change things, but how it changes people depends on how they react to it.

Before you can do something you must first be something.

Acting is half shame, half glory. Shame at exhibiting yourself, glory when you can forget yourself.

Your English style will no doubt put all the other gentlemen to bed. I speak figuratively, of course.

You are the master of your environment. You've got your own head, your own mind. So once you figure out what you want for yourself, you have to create the proper environment to make sure you can live out all the things you want.

When you're in shape, you don't have to walk up to somebody and say, 'Yo, I love myself.' You look like you care for yourself.

The beautiful thing about my intelligence is that it doesn't really come in one specific department. So even if something hasn't happened to me, I have information on how to get you through whatever you may be going through.

James Franco is a Method actor. I respect Method actors, but he never snapped out of character. Whenever we'd have to get in the ring for boxing scenes, and even during practice, the dude was full-on hitting me.

It's about giving the people what they want. So many people have told me that they've made love to my records so what I've delivered this time is an album about sex. Pretty much every song has that theme. Straight no chasers, it's booty music!

If you're not happy about how you look, you have to question how much self-love you have.

I've never had to fight hard for anything I've gotten in the past.

I've never boxed in my life, never been in a military base in my life, never grew up with anyone in the military.

I'm not just a voice who wants to sing on anything. I co-produce, I want to select who comes in and plays on what songs, who to duet with and all of it.

I can say, hands down, 'Annapolis' is the most challenging film I've ever taken on.

I accused a woman of doing something behind my back when I knew that she hadn't, just to see if she loved me.

A lot of times black actors get stuck in a box. They're up against a lot of limitations for the kind of films that they get approached about. It's easy to get stuck in a box and just be approached about nothing but urban films.

When you step on the treadmill, make a commitment. Do, say, 3 miles a day. And don't get off until you finish. It doesn't matter what speed you're going. Just don't get off.