30 Quotes by Russell Hornsby

In 'The Hate U Give,' I play Big Mav', who was incarcerated for a number of years and is raising three children. He was a gang member but reformed himself, and he's trying to empower his children, help them understand the best way to keep out of trouble.

For me, that is the craft of acting: literally creating something from nothing.

A lot of my friends and the people who know me know I'm a feeling person. I feel, deeply.

I can't fake emotion.

I subscribe to the slow nickel theory. You take a little bit at a time. You always make better of what you have when you don't have best.

Something's always better than nothing.

My philosophy is to live below your means.

I am not a person who just wants to be an actor. Do you know what I mean? I am an artist who wants to speak to people through his work: through his vessel.

I want to do work of meaning that speaks to a greater depth of who I am.