Hollywood is finally waking up to the fact that people who go to church also go to the movies. I’m not sure what took them so long to see that or how long they’ll keep it up.
Don’t believe the hype. I don’t care how many number ones you have at the box office, I don’t care how much they say you’re great, don’t believe it. Just stay in your lane and do what you’re supposed to do.
It takes a week to do a sitcom in Hollywood. I do a show a day in my studio, three or four shows a week.
I was a very poor young black boy in New Orleans, just a face without a name, swimming in a sea of poverty trying to survive.
My mother wasn’t strong like my aunt. She was just very passive.
People see truth in my films. That’s what they react to, and that’s what they relate to.
What do you spend $200 million on, with a film? I can’t wrap my brain around that one.
What rings true is that everything we grow through in life will work out for our good.
When I have absolutely nothing to do, and I find myself in the middle of all of it going, “Wow!” When nothing’s going on, that’s when I get to stop and really appreciate the journey.
For as low as you go, ask God to take you that high.
You let your past destroy you, or you use it to create something better.
I thank God for Closed Doors.
I had one request when I started doing the plays. My prayer was: God let me do well enough to be able to take care of my mother. I was able to do that ’til the day she died because of my audience. So, they’ve already done enough. All I ask for now is their continued support.
When it all comes down to it, life isn’t about how much we get – it’s about how much we share.
Focus on one thing, make it your priority, and stick with it no matter what!
If you’re black, you can’t just be ordinary. All successful black people are extraordinary.
You need to know that you can’t honor God when you’re chained to the voice and opinions of man.
I don’t cook, so my favorite dish to prepare is something on the takeout menu.
There will be rough nights but joy really does come in the morning.
A degree on the wall, without labels on your back, is nothing.