58 Quotes by Mekhi Phifer

With my first son I cut his umbilical cord and everything, so I'm a hands-on father, to say the least.

When you're working and making money, that's all good, but there has to be something that provides a substance, I think.

I tend to play more true-to-life characters in real situations.

When break dancing was out, I break danced. When rapping was the thing, I freestyled rap on the street and battled and all that kind of stuff.

There's no question that I'm African-American. OK? I'm a black man. We're not going to escape that.

I've done 21 films in eight years, and I've said 'No' more times than I've done films.

I've dated interracially a lot. I grew up in Harlem, so I've dated Latins, Dominican, Guyanese, Cuban, black, white.

Actors look at life in a different way. When I meet people, I know that one day I may portray that person or someone like them. It may be a cop or a homeless guy. It helps you to pay more attention to people. Everyone I meet, I retain something from them, something from their personality. It helps me to portray realism in my work.

It's always a pleasure when you get to work with people that you actually really like.