Via Upscale:
On being a sex symbol
Black men have never been sexy. We’re ‘sportsmen.’ We’re ‘intimidating.’ We’re not ‘good fathers.’ So we need that. I think we should celebrate that. But am I a sex symbol? I don’t know. Not everybody likes one thing.
On His music
When you listen to hip-hop right now, a lot of it is so aspirational: I wanna get this, I wanna be that. For me, it’s a matter of celebrating who we are and where we are. Being thankful and trying to be content with what you have, as opposed to what you can get. My music, especially the rap stuff, is a bit more observational.
On who he’s dating
I’m sure people are curious, but do they really care? No. Jesus Christ, does it make a difference in their lives? No, not at all. …I don’t hide my girlfriend in a box or anything like that. I keep a very real existence in my real life. I go shopping for food myself. I have kids. I love my children and I love my kids. But they are not part of that world….
When you’re promoting a film, you become a property. That is actually one of the harder pills to swallow, as far as success is concerned. You have to be accessible all the time. As I climb the ladder, I realize that I’m becoming more and more of a recluse. One can water down their worth if they’re over exposed.
I like it [the moderate super-stardom] for personal reasons. For my work reasons, it’s important that my name is recognizable, to make my films profitable. That’s sort of my push-pull dilemma. I don’t want it to be at the expense of my personal life to the point where I just can’t go anywhere.
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