00:00What does it mean to be here today at the 55th Annual NAACP?
00:04Well, it means, you know, for our company, Bass Advanced Productions,
00:08and our first foray out with Heist 88 and our Rider 1 award.
00:14So it means everything.
00:16It means as we come on the heels of the strike we just came off of
00:20and the pandemic we just came out of,
00:22and the fact that we're here without masks on
00:24and that we're here standing next to Idris and his wife.
00:28But I'm just excited.
00:30I'm excited to see everyone here and see all the black excellence
00:34and everyone dressed wonderfully without masks.
00:37It's very exciting.
00:38And now you mentioned the strike that we just came up out of.
00:41Do you have any concerns about AI
00:44and how it is literally kind of taking over the creative space?
00:48Yes, I do have concerns about it,
00:50and we all should have concerns about it
00:52because we don't really know where it's going to go.
00:55We just have to be negotiating so that when it does grow, we can grow with it.
01:01That's the only thing we can do.
01:02Just like no one could have anticipated that our phones are running the world now.
01:09So everyone is focused through, and everything is focused through our phones.
01:12So that's the same thing with AI.
01:15We've got to be respectful,
01:17and nobody's going to make all the money off of it.
01:20There's enough to share.
01:22So as long as we have that attitude, we'll be fine.
01:26And you are not only an actor and a businessman,
01:29but you are also a husband,
01:33and you are very supportive of Miss Angela.
01:35So how exactly do you balance showing up for her the way that you do,
01:39the way that we love that you do,
01:41and also be a leading man in your own life?
01:43I'm her biggest fan.
01:44So I'm as much of a fan as you are of her.
01:50I am the same.
01:51She's, as far as I'm concerned,
01:53one of the greatest actresses of our generation,
01:56so if not the greatest.
01:58So there's no artifice there.
02:02That's just she'sthebomb.com.
02:05And I'm continually surprised by how absolutely amazing she is.
02:12So I'm, you know, and I film it so she can see it.
02:15Because, you know, all these people filming around her,
02:18she never sees that.
02:19So she can hear her speeches and see her speeches.
02:25I love that.
02:26And then the honorees tonight.
02:27So we have New Edition.
02:29We have Frankie Beverly and Usher.
02:31What does it mean for them to be honored today?
02:33Oh, well, you know, they've paid the dues and paid the way.
02:38So it's nice to, we have to give people their flowers
02:42while they're here to receive them.
02:44So that's what we're doing.
02:45I'm excited.
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