自己
I like the freedom of making my own choices.
I didn't know what the hell I was doing, but I knew if I didn't finish the film, I would never get another chance.
You have to trust your instincts.
I think the best way to make a movie is to make it for yourself.
I'm always looking for new challenges, new ways to push myself creatively.
The most honest form of filmmaking is to make a film for yourself.
I always try to push myself to do something different.
I try to make films that I would want to see.
Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that's real power.
I've always believed that the most important thing is to be true to yourself.
I think the most important thing in life is to be yourself. Unless you can be Batman. Always be Batman.
Acting is not about being someone different. It's finding the similarity in what is apparently different, then finding myself in there.
"Acting is not about being someone different. It's finding the similarity in what is apparently different, then finding myself in there."
I'm not a person who thinks that everything happens for a reason, but I do believe that if you work hard and stay true to yourself, good things will come.
"You have to dream, you have to have a vision, and you have to set a goal for yourself that might even scare you a little because sometimes that seems far beyond your reach."
"The only thing that separates us from the animals is our ability to accessorize."
I think that the most important thing in life is to be true to yourself.
I think it's important to take risks and to challenge yourself. That's how you grow as a person.
I'm not going to keep on knocking that old door that doesn't open for me. I'm going to create my own door and walk through that.
I'm very proud to be black, but black is not all I am. That's my cultural historical background, my genetic makeup, but it's not all of who I am nor is it the basis from which I answer every question.