89 Quotes by Malik Yoba

You can’t be an FBI agent without being cautious and thinking things through. That’s just part of the training.

The world is changing and how we reach people has changed. It’s no longer throwing ads on your network and putting up billboards. It’s now social media and things move virally, and the networks haven’t always caught up to that.

And, to help society at large to understand that in the equation of life, fathers are of equal importance as mothers.

I’ve played lots of law enforcement agents, and I do have friends that are in the bureau, in the DEA, and who are detectives and captains.

Directing is kind of like acting through other people. You see moments and you see things and if you don’t see the actors hit it, you paint in those little spaces and tell them what direction to go in.

There’s a lot that I’d love to do. I haven’t had a chance to really show the breadth of my talent, so I look forward to that.

At the end of the day, if you are an actor, you definitely know that you’re just work-for-hire.

I never like to be the person trying to hard sell, saying, “This is why you should watch it.” I know that my fans, who have followed me for years, want to know what I’m doing.

I like working with great talent, in every capacity. I have a rule of thumb, in any creative endeavor – whether I’m doing music and playing in a band, or working with producers, or directing – where I generally like to work with people who are smarter than me or better than me.