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I know a lot of people who are weak, who are in a perpetual cycle of poverty and being locked up. There are guys from my neighborhood who are in jail or who are dead. It does take a certain strength to know your environment and say, 'I can grow beyond it.'

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I'm a soccer dad at heart. I want five kids, and I want to get married. I want to coach Little League.

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I love kids, outings, camping, sports, Legoland, all the Daddy stuff. I love it. I wish I could just do that, but I have to work, too.

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With my first son I cut his umbilical cord and everything, so I'm a hands-on father, to say the least.

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I grew up in a rough environment. You want to be strong and have your presence felt out there. That attitude reflects how people see you.

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Rap is definitely a youthful expression.

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Actors look at life in a different way. When I meet people, I know that one day I may portray that person or someone like them. It may be a cop or a homeless guy. It helps you to pay more attention to people. Everyone I meet, I retain something from them, something from their personality. It helps me to portray realism in my work.

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I don't really like hospitals that much. People are sick; sometimes it can be depressing. There's people going through a lot of pain in there. It has that funny smell.

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When you're working and making money, that's all good, but there has to be something that provides a substance, I think.

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There's no question that I'm African-American. OK? I'm a black man. We're not going to escape that.

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