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I'm building shopping centers and movie theaters in the inner cities. So that means supplying jobs and letting blacks understand that we have to build our communities back, not looking to anybody else.

When I started the diamond business, no black person, period, was in it to do what we're trying to do to change the industry. So I like to do things that I see clearly that are in my, you know, scope. And then, I had to figure how I get talented or smart business people around me to execute. That's what I have to do.

Everything I do, I go to black people. If I have a problem at the airport, I'll go to the black ticket agent. I hope they notice me because I'll get better service. If I'm at a restaurant, I look for the black waiter. Rent-a-Car, give you the upgrade.

I want to be promoted in the urban areas. A lot of African-American people should know more about me.

I grew up in an all-black neighbourhood in Decatur, Georgia - a kinda lower-middle-class area.

Learn to love being black.

You don't have to be African American to really enjoy 'Frisky Business'. But as far as being black, a lot of people in New York have been stopped and frisked, so that hits home for them.

I want to see as many black professionals as possible.

I love working in New York.

You want the good life? You live where white people live, you go to school where white people go to school, and you shop where white people shop.