You can say what you want to about a rapper in a movie, but look at what Ice Cube has done. Ice Cube has created more opportunities for other actors to get jobs in this business than some actors have.
I'm 41 now and the right knee has got a bit of a twinge in it. I get about the stage a little less now.
No religion can long continue to maintain its purity when the church becomes the subservient vassal of the state.