It's always a collective group of people coming together to oppose those things which are fundamentally contrary to our basic humanity.

It's important for a lot of young black males to value swagger over intelligence. Swagger is important, but intelligence must come before the swagger.

My vocation is I do what I do. I'm an actor; that's what I do.

It's very difficult to set a film in one setting without giving the audience some intensity and some relief.

It's easy to lose sight of God when life is sweet and easy, but there is something awesome about despair, and it is the closeness of God when we are at our weakest.

As God is continually being marginalized and dismissed in the culture, you will continue to see evil proliferate.

The gifts of God should be enjoyed by all citizens in Mississippi.

I see the merit in religion, and I see the need for faith and hope and sometimes people who are more snide look at people who are religious, particularly people in rock bands, and they'll say, 'Oh that's dumb, you believe in whatever,' but I think everybody believes in something.