Able Quote by Heavy D

A rapper is about being completely true to yourself. Being an actor is about changing who you are.

— Will Smith

You take the quote from Sam Jackson about how he'll never work with a rapper and I can understand where he's coming from because…

— Anthony Anderson

As a rapper, you sort of act in music videos and in the persona you adopt onstage. You kinda have to put yourself out…

— Queen Latifah

I'm an entertainer, so in whatever form I entertain... The thing about being a rapper is that you have more control over your form,…

— Method Man

I would not consider myself to be a quote unquote real New York rapper. I don't even like New York rappers.

— ASAP Rocky

It's harder for someone like a singer to prove they can be an actor because people immediately want to say, 'Oh, he's no good.'

— Ronan Keating

You know, if an actor or, say, a basketball player writes a rhyme, it doesn't mean he's a rapper. You got to put in…

— Redman

You have to have an ego to be an actor, but you need an ego just to get through life! Unless you want to…

— Peter Riegert

However, people need to understand that it ain't that deep to try and convince people of what your persona is. You are who you…

— Wale

When you're making a show or a movie, there are a million people and things in your way. As an actor, you're like a…

— Penn Badgley

You work and strive to be an actor and you can get better at it and enjoy it. But you can't be good at…

— Jonathan Bailey

When you're rapping, you do have to perform to a certain degree, but not every rapper is necessarily a gifted actor.

— Queen Latifah