Terry Crews

I have the greatest appreciation for [producers] Matt Alvarez and Ice Cube. They put me in Friday after Next, and now this, which I hope is just the start of a long, wonderful relationship. I love the urban comedies, because they keep you famous, keep you having fun, and keep you in love with the business. Those are my roots. I'll always love doing those.

And remember how he wrote the first Rocky in a few days, and wouldn't sell the script even though he was starving, because they wanted to put somebody else in the lead role. To see what he's accomplished, dog, that's what it's all about.

There was definitely a pecking order, and when Stallone walked in, we were like, \'All hail!\' He came in with his big forearms, pointing and telling everybody where he wanted the cameras with his big cigar ablazing, and you just go, \'This is Stallone!\' with admiration, because none of us would be here without this guy. That's the thing, he changed movies forever

The only thing intimidating about Cube is that he's the father of gangsta' rap. You just worry about getting your lines right, or he might shoot you.

I call myself the Amusement Park. That's because I'm funny and scary at the same time.

I'm actually a perpetual 13-year-old. I've never advanced beyond 13. Every day, tomorrow is my 14th birthday. That's my kind of humor.

I constantly get out of my comfort zone. Looking cool is the easiest way to mediocrity. The coolest guy in my high school ended up working in a carwash. Once you push yourself into something new. And whole new world of opportunities opens up. But you might get hurt in fact you will get hurt. But amazingly when you heal -- You are somewhere you've never been

It ain't easy being cheesy!

You get better at working by working. And if you don't work, you're not getting better.

It's great to be strong but strength is nothing without having compassion.

I want to be a man who mixes strengths and compassion. That's my magic elixir, so to speak.

I relax while I work. It's really weird but my job doesn't feel like work at all. That's why I try to do as much as possible. When I'm on the set, learning lines and playing around, I'm relaxed. It's so amazing.

Never let anyone define you. You are the only person who defines you. No one can speak for you. Only you speak for you. You are your only voice.

You can't be perfect, so enjoy your imperfections.

The thing that you think is imperfect about you, is the thing that makes you who you are. It separates you from everybody else.

I would always be painting and drawing. If I was stuck at home, I was in the basement working on a painting.

I was a sports nut. I stayed after school probably three hours every day - from fall, to winter, to spring. I went from football to basketball to track and it started all over again. I loved all of it. I just loved being an athlete and all that it entailed. It really accounts for who I am.

But think about how evil that is for one man to think that he's actually more valuable than a woman, because as a human being your worth is immeasurable.

Never stop being YOU. I am out to be the best ME I can be. Do what you LOVE and you will be badass.

Embrace failure. Never never quit. Get very comfortable with that uneasy feeling of going against the grain and trying something new. It will constantly take you places you never thought you could go. This has been my mantra for years. I always remember I won't do things right on the first try. So failure is mandatory for success!

I feel like we need to make new superheroes, African-American superheroes, that people would accept.

School is cool. Thats why it rhymes

Never stop! Slow down sometimes, but never stop!

The big thing with all parents is they just want to be left alone. I want no demands. That's the best gift for Father's Day, just leave them alone.

I'm African-American by my culture, not by my color. Race does not exist.

I would never do a role where I'm naked in bed with a chick having sex.

As a parent you walk around trying to be perfect, but you don't have to be perfect. That's the key. You just have to be faithful, and when I say faithful I mean you have to give your all.

When I was in the NFL, whenever I got cut from a team I would do paintings of the players, they would pay me $4,000 to $5,000 to do their painting of their family, and that's how I survived until another team picked me up.

Art was always my thing. I had an art scholarship before I had a football scholarship. I'm a left-handed, right-brained, painting-drawing guy. That was always my skill.

Hollywood is a bit of a publicity game where it's constantly trying to portray things and put up this image and I was not interested in that.