I don't know if referees look at me differently; you'd have to ask them. I hope everybody gets treated the same, but I know that it doesn't always happen.
Everything we did was criticized. For about thirty years we lived with the world against us, accusing us of things we didn't do!
Some of what I get, I deserve; I do some dumb stuff sometimes. But I do not deserve the perception that I have.
I've been blacklisted in Hollywood.
Will I ever forgive the British media for what they've done to me? No.
It's hard to have people talking about you and trashing you in the media and saying they think your career is over... and you are only 25.
The media had me convicted of doing something wrong before I had even done anything at all, before I had talked to anyone, before I get out of bed. I'm always the bad person.
My films are always looked at strangely, and there is nothing I can do about it.
If I go out with my girlfriends, no one has an issue, but if I put up a post with a male friend or I'm seen chatting with a co-star, there is unnecessary speculation. What wrong am I doing that I'm being treated this way?
No one is going to look at the good things you do. Everybody is going to watch the bad things and that is how it is.
I am followed in department stores. I have walked in dressed professionally or dressed in jeans, and I have walked into stores, and instantly, security is on my back.
The more I learned about Shoeless Joe, the more I felt he was maligned.
The frustrating part of being tagged 'controversial' is people go looking for trouble where there isn't any to look for.
It is frustrating having to walk through America having to bob and weave people's impressions of me because they see a tall black guy walking down the street. That is frustrating.
Miami fans have got a terrible reputation around the national media, and I think it's very unfair.
I would get so angry whenever I'd notice people looking at me weirdly. They'd even stop me on the street and ask questions about my skin color.
