"I'm not giving up my history and what I've done in my music because I love it and I'm very proud of it. I just want to open it up for more people."

"As a black man, my hope is that I can touch more and more people all over the world of different races and different colours."

"I think when you move past your fear and you go after your dreams wholeheartedly, you become free."

"I don't wanna abandon my identity as LL Cool J, but at the same time, I had to figure out how to let people know that I'm really serious about making these movies."

"There's a power in women being women. There's a role for men, but we don't have to be men, because we're women. I think that representing that on television is a cool thing."

"Cynicism is kind of like folding your arms and stepping back and commenting on things, like the old guys in 'The Muppets,' just throwing out comments all the time, whereas there are other people on the ground really trying to affect things and improve their lives and the lives of other people. I think it's noble and I think it's cool."

"There are families of every kind. I think a lot of people are struggling to make sense of their identity in a very complicated world."

"I think it's so strange that certain people think they know you because you've been in a film. It's very flattering, but it's also very scary."