Mekhi Phifer Quotes & Sayings

“I'm a soccer dad at heart. I want five kids, and I want to get married. I want to coach Little League.”

“I know a lot of people who are weak, who are in a perpetual cycle of poverty and being locked up. There are guys from my neighborhood who are in jail or who are dead. It does take a certain strength to know your environment and say, 'I can grow beyond it.'”

“I grew up in a rough environment. You want to be strong and have your presence felt out there. That attitude reflects how people see you.”

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

“I love kids, outings, camping, sports, Legoland, all the Daddy stuff. I love it. I wish I could just do that, but I have to work, too.”

“Rap is definitely a youthful expression.”

“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.”

“I don't really like hospitals that much. People are sick; sometimes it can be depressing. There's people going through a lot of pain in there. It has that funny smell.”

“Eating right has made the biggest difference in my body.”

“I always try to bring a certain masculine presence to what I do. That is part of the dynamic.”