'You've got another 50 years to go. |
[In tribute to his grandmother] She still talks to me now, only now she talks to me in my dreams. And I can't wait to go to sleep tonight because we have a lot to talk about. I love you. |
[On fellow Oscar winner Sidney Poitier:] 'I saw you once and I looked into your eyes and there was a connection.' He said, 'I give to you responsibility,' and I'm taking that responsibility tonight. Thanks, Sidney. |
As a kid, the first thing you got was your military men. You set yourself up in the sandbox and go to war. Then you grow up watching John Wayne movies and then 'Top Gun' and 'A Soldier's Story.' You get into them because they [star] your favorite actors. It's the absolute thrill of how war's depicted. The thought of violence is intriguing to kids. War is fascinating to young men, and attractive. |
because I'm a Shaq fan. |
Can I just tell you that I am having the ride of my life right now? I wish I could take what I'm feeling right now and put it in the water system, and we would all love each other a whole lot more. |
Don't kill this guy. Don't kill him. We've got our fingers crossed. |
Fortunately now, I may not be doing 'Booty Call 2,' |
Give it up for Ray Charles and his beautiful legacy. And thank you, Ray Charles for living. |
He's so close to his mom he is like a little boy. That's what the girls like about him. |
I hit one wrong note and he stopped, ... [He said], 'Why'd you do that? Don't do that. Don't hit wrong notes.' And I was like, 'Damn ... I'm just learning.' And he said, 'No, no, no ...don't hit wrong notes.' |
I look forward to working with the NAACP in bringing immediate and ongoing aid to the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Katrina was a heart attack that revealed a long history of social illnesses. You can't be human and watch all these different things go down and not do anything, ... People from all over the world are looking at these images and saying, wow; we just really want to help. So at the end of the day it's all of us. |
I released an album then, and it didn't do anything. Everyone thought I was that funny dude. |
I think that music is two things. It's either in the club or in the bedroom. |
I told Tony I would look after her. |