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Most people aren't honest with themselves about money.

The media is convincing people that if you have that 'next thing,' that diamond, the right car, then you'd be happier.

I believe that reality TV should be called 'not reality' TV; it's fiction.

Obviously, this whole 'no child left behind' idea is more rhetoric than actual practice.

My parents both are physicians, and my grandfathers were both physicians.

Since I'm in the entertainment business, I think I have to hold a mirror up to myself and say, 'Am I complicit in miseducating and misinforming our youth by participating in this business, or can I use this business to re-educate and uplift?'

Without writers, none of the entertainment would exist. It starts with writers. Writers are the most important piece of the entire puzzle.

I love making films, but the best roles are hard to come by.

I champion the idea of being more conscious. I call it being an active architect of your own life. Building your life like an architect builds a structure.

Here's the deal: I believe - and I attempt to live my life this way - we all have more time than we think we do. We all waste so much time.

When I'm acting, that's all I'm doing. When I'm not acting, I'm not thinking about acting. If I'm writing, I'm just writing.

Intimacy can be about holding someone's hand. It could be about stroking their hair.

I say 'date potential.' The reason why is no matter who you date, anyway, five years from now, you're going to be different, and he's going to be different. The key is to really find somebody that you can grow with that you can change with, evolve with and that you can be partners with.

What I've found in doing research is that men want a relationship that feels fun. In other words, they want a relationship that has qualities or elements of their same-sex relationships - just like women do, too.

Once you have a felony conviction on your record, one of the most difficult things to do is to break the cycle of recidivism.

We're living in a time, unfortunately, where, you know, a lot of young men, particularly young men of color, being raised by single mothers. And their mothers so desperately want to connect with them, but I found, in talking with a lot of young men, that sometimes it's difficult.

With my first book, 'A Letter to a Young Brother,' I figured it would be my only book I was ever going to write. What happened with that is a lot of young men would reach out to me.

I'm really proud of the characters I've been able to play. Certainly, playing the character on 'CSI' as Dr. Sherman Hawkes is a wonderful stereotype-busting role.

Whenever there's an opportunity to celebrate the written word and celebrate the folks that read the written word, and, I think, to encourage other writers to write and encourage folks to read more and get connected to it in a personal way, it's a positive thing.

For me, self-esteem-building and confidence-building is the foundation for anything that we do, whether you want to be a writer, a painter, or a entrepreneur.

People always think about what prison is. What prison really is - it's not a physical challenge, it's mental.

We all have inherited so many types of fears, whether they're race-based, culture-based, gender-based, age-based, family-based. And then we get comfortable with these fears.

It's important for someone like me - who's known Obama for 20 years - to speak the truth. I know him to be a Christian man. I know him to be one of the greatest patriots.

People are afraid of an unorganized, wasteful government.

It's heartening when people hear for the first time that their vote really matters.

Voting is an individual, personal thing.

My father passed from cancer in 2000; his brother died of cancer before that. My grandfather died of cancer.

In acting class, teachers talk about how the 'givens' of a situation help define a character.

My first two books, 'Letters to a Young Brother' and 'Letters to a Young Sister,' were... distributed pretty widely. Judges in juvenile justice facilities started citing the book as required reading.

No matter how bad something gets, no matter where you come from, you can achieve anything. I really do believe that.

Let me tell you, if you're ever making a decision and the principle reason you'll do it is because of money, then it is absolutely the incorrect decision.

The word 'courage,' one of my favorite words, the root or the etymology of that word is 'cour,' which means heart. I think true courage is actually following your heart and not getting or succumbing to what other people's definition of what your life should be. Live your life.

Money is important. It is an important resource to have to help us build the life we want, but we overvalue it.

Screening for colon cancer can stop cancer in its tracks.

Gabrielle Union is my best friend.

When it comes to African Americans and African American actors, Hollywood has always felt that if you can make us laugh, that's fine, but we don't need to see you do a 'Schindler's List,' where there's no jokes or music or comedic through-line.

I would suggest that folks who have a platform of so-called celebrity, to the extent that they don't use that platform, or if they just use it for their own self-aggrandizement, it is certainly fed in a way that it goes to waste.

You can't have justice unless you have truth.

When I get stopped by the police, I keep my hands on the wheel. I'm not going to move.

The best way to protect young black, brown, men of color, women of color, is to actually stop profiling, stop the prejudice, and stop the judgment first.

I'm not the biggest star in the world, but I do have a platform, and if I can use that platform to help somebody else, why wouldn't I?

Credit card interest payments are the dumbest money of all.

Dr. King said, 'We are all tied together in a garment of mutual destiny.' Which says to me no matter how well I may be doing in Hollywood, if a young brother or sister in Louisiana, the South Bronx, the South Side of Chicago, South Central Los Angeles - is not doing well, then I'm not doing very well.

You're in a situation where you have limited education opportunities, you don't have any money, you can't get a job; what are you going to do? You're going to go back to this criminal network that you actually made while you were in prison.

You can live a healthy lifestyle and do the best to be aware of your body and conscious, and that's what I attempt to do.

Many of us are in are in our own prisons that aren't made of iron bars.

I studied theater in college, and I absolutely knew that I loved acting, and I knew that I loved theater.

Roles make the actor.

I believe we all have the capacity to be masters of many things, and there's nothing that we can't do. You can be a great actor and also be a great writer. There's so many things that all of us have the capacity to do. But somehow, life tries to convince us that we'd be lucky to do even one thing well, and I disagree.

There are so many actors that I meet that don't act enough. Definitely take class, definitely train - that's the most important thing you do. Build your craft. Become better.

On the male side of my family, cancer has been very insidious, and so I'm just attempting to live a lifestyle that doesn't follow in their footsteps.

You deserve a great life. I want to see you become unreasonably happy. And you can. And you will.

You're writing your life as you go - the question becomes, how do you want to write your life?

On 'CSI: NY,' the audience knew I was a really good guy, and I caught the bad guy.

I'm not excusing crime or those who bring poison into the community, but I do want brothers and sisters in prison to know someone cares.

When I was dealing with cancer, I was working on a book about finances. I realized that the same methodology that the doctors were using to cure me, you could use to cure your finances. Health and wealth are so linked, it's amazing.

I don't want the George Clooney lifelong bachelorhood. If I found the right person, I would commit in a minute.

The thing about our country, Americans, and New Yorkers in particular, we all want to help. There's real folks who want to help. The problem is, they don't know how. They don't know how to get involved.

We are human beings. We operate from wanting to be rewarded.

Many of us are walking around living smaller lives than we're meant to live. Don't allow yourself to dream smaller than you were meant to dream.

So many of our young women today, they're growing up without a father, but they're still thirsty for that and desiring positive male love.

People always want to think that because you're not from a certain circumstance, you can't relate. That's ridiculous.

Fundamentally, we all want the same thing. We want to love. We want to be loved, and we want to matter.

I've done romantic comedy, and I don't get to flex that muscle often.

I think, without question, the way someone plays sports shows something about inherently who they are, you know?

There's a wealth gap that is happening, and that is all over the world, you know? The rich are getting richer and holding a higher percentage of money or wealth that's out there.

I think the number one safe haven where people put their money is to invest in yourself first.

Part of the problem I find with money books is that there's this whole set of money books that make you feel almost guilty to spend a dollar.

Poverty existed before January 20, 2008, OK? Before President Obama took office.

I think our biggest problem is lack of real, honest communication between black men and black women. A lot of men talk amongst men, and a lot of women speak amongst women.

'The Conversation' will hopefully touch on issues that will move people to want to strengthen communication and look to each other for solutions.

I've been trying to make a difference as an actor. I want to play characters that move people, have them look at their lives differently, or give them an escape.

Whatever your calling is as a service, follow it - that's beautiful.

If you have a debt issue or credit card issue, start dealing with it. If you have a tax issue, don't just say, 'I'm not going to file.' There are ways to deal with these things, but you must communicate with your creditors, whether it's a credit card company or tax department.

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