Derek Luke Quotations

Sometimes my faith becomes more sensitive to how people feel, as opposed to what needs to be.

Hip-hop was my first audience - I would rap in the mirror, walk down the street and listen to my Walkman.

I had a lot of fun with Val Kilmer. He's like a big kid.

I went to Jersey City State College to please a family member. I wasn't prepared for school. To say I failed out is putting it nicely.

In my heart of hearts I believe I was made to entertain.

When your heart is first, you can be absent of heart but when you put spirit first, you have a reason for why you do heart.

Denzel Washington invoked confidence. When you have confidence, you can do anything. And that's what happened. I learned about being honest and keeping it true, keeping it true in my performance.

I want what's mine. I see other actors who are doing very interesting roles, and I just want to continue to do things that are interesting, and things that people will go see in theaters.

Hollywood is a place where if you abide by the rules and laws, you can get depressed. That's why faith and spirituality is a higher law.

I went to college for one semester, and I took every subject I could, and I ended up failing. So I thought to myself, Ever since I was a kid, I've loved expression - and that's when I started thinking about acting.