53 Quotes by Derek Luke

Then I was working in a store in Newark, New Jersey, and I saw an actor in person, and I got so excited. My whole day changed. That's when I decided to challenge myself to make my dreams become a reality.

I don't think people come to television for spectacle. And I don't really have a lot of fun writing spectacle for television, I'll do that in features.

The magic isn't in getting married, it's in staying married

Spartan is about this elite unit of the armed forces named the Delta Force. I play a protege of Val Kilmer's character, and he kind of gives me a hard time.

Denzel Washington is a person I will always emulate. I emulate him because he focuses on real life. Because of that he has made me a better person.

I think many times in relationships as it escalates to marriage, what it takes to breed a marriage, is the same thing that it takes to breed a career.

I love hip-hop and you can't tell me I'm not a hip-hop artist.

I was discovered on the Sony lot through an audition by Denzel Washington.

I get to be in movies where it's mostly dialogue, and I want to be in something, that for me, feels like kickboxing.