If you look at the true essence of the Black Panthers, they were more of a community protection group.
From Anthony Mackie
If everyone invested in the neighborhood they lived in, the United States would be a magical place.
Most of my movies are indies. The best scripts I can find are independent films. But I love big-budget movies, I love craft services!
So I feel like success is opportunity plus preparation, so work begets work, and as long as you're prepared it's going to continue to come your way.
Everybody knows when you've got a role in a Spike Lee movie, you're gonna blow up. But I happen to be the only person who's had the lead in the two Spike Lee movies nobody saw.
I was raised with a sense of entrepreneurship - my father owned a roofing business, and I grew up with the idea that you never want someone telling you what you can and cannot do.
Instead of becoming an engineer like my brother, I moved to New York to be an actor.
There are a lot of limitations and stigmas that are placed on young actors, specifically young black actors.
Every time I get mad, I grab my hammer and make a bookshelf or something.
I just don't understand how people can get so caught up in having their picture taken.
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