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.
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.
I don't do group sex. I don't like being in a roomful of all my homeys giving high-fives and yelling, 'Switch!'
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.
Ive never had to fight hard for anything Ive gotten in the past.
Most women can't handle the reality of what comes with being with me. It takes a very secure woman to be backstage at a concert hearing 15,000 females going crazy.
I have no complaints. I've worked with worse directors in my career.
I'm not real huge on horror films, but there's something really special about this.
For me, we've been singing diversity in movies for 16 years, so it's just beautiful to see the rest of the world finally catching on and they're making it a point to do it.
I think the Oscar So White campaign really sparked ... Because you didn't want to be the Oscars, so everybody in Hollywood was like, well, before the heat comes down. The Golden Globes diversified. Just everybody ended up diversifying as far as handing out awards to more diverse folks in Hollywood because at the end of the day, it doesn't matter what your race is. If you're waking up every day and you're doing the work, you deserve an opportunity to be awarded like everybody else.
I think the worst thing you can do is take an arrogant approach and not give people enough content to wrap their heads around.
I think right now a lot of albums that are out there, they sound like mixtapes.
I think ultimately a fan is a fan and you can't put new things on the fans mind if you don't have an audience.
I think a fan is a fan and when they support you and when they love you and when they embrace you and what you bring to the table, as long as you bring something that's quality to the table they're going to show up and support it.
I think the most significant moment at a wedding is when you say "I do" and when you do the first dance.
I'm definitely more talented than most of the guys I know.
You have to take your hat off to the homosexual and gay community cause right now they're as strong as black people USE to be when it comes to their rights.
Is Chris Rock still gonna host the Oscars after this blatant racism?? Is everyone still gonna show up??
In this town [L.A], I guess it takes homosexuals to be discriminated against in order for someone to finally step UP and wanna do something.
I went to the surplus store on Santa Monica and Vine (in Los Angeles) and went and got me a Navy outfit, put the black tape under my eyes. I got me a whistle and went in there with a hat looking like a full-on drill sergeant.
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!
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 play somebody's life, everything about your likeness, everything about the way you talk, whatever, has to become that person.
I can say, hands down, 'Annapolis' is the most challenging film I've ever taken on.
