Lamman Rucker

Many women are so wounded that they can't love another person.

I don't like a whole lot of flash and superficial stuff; I want a woman that's all-natural, in her purest form.

The perfect date is real simple. I wanna just spend a nice casual day walking in the park, playing on the swings... throwing bread crumbs to the ducks, really just chilling and getting to know each other and connecting with the real woman.

I wanted to create a line for women and men alike that would encourage them to embrace the harmony and divine balance of sensuality and spirituality within all of us. Forplai is an opportunity to not only smell good and feel good, but to also take time to connect with the heavens above and the god in you.

As an actor, you're not a person; you're a product, a commodity. It's about money. Your job is about making money for other people. At some point, you learn how to be on the other side of that table. You write, direct, produce, and create opportunity for yourself. Then you start to make money for yourself.

I've always been attracted to more than just the way a woman looks and the way she's shaped.

She's equally as gracious as someone who shares experiences with you as she is as a superior. What's so graceful about her is that no matter what, she's just Oprah.

Man, my days in Oakdale were a whirlwind.

I still get lots of folks who remember my days on ATWT and AMC. As a matter of fact, they're the proudest fans of all because they feel like, 'We were here first,' before I had other fans from all my other shows and movies. They feel a deeper sense of pride and connection to me and have followed my career ever since 2002.

What I've learned is that what most women really want deep down inside is time to get to know you - and your undivided attention. They want it to be about them for a little while.

There's nothing more fun than just walking through town or maybe going to a community-based festival. How much does that cost? Nothing!

You need a spiritual foundation. Something that allows you to see how you connect to the rest of the universe. It's simple stuff, but it's hard.

'Why Did I Get Married?' did so well because it gave some real perspective on the realities of love.

Just take one small victory at a time.

I need a woman who is secure and loves herself first. Then she can share that love and light with me.

It's always a wonderful experience to keep working.

I have a Masters and a technology degree already. When I'm not in film or television, my wheels are spinning full time.

Sometimes you can see a pilot, and then when the series starts, it's different people. That's always possible.

I played ball in college and semi-professional, and aside from the game and all that, the most valuable thing is the relationships. Who can care how many rings you have or how many championships you've won or how many records you broke. The most valuable stuff is the intangible stuff.

Most importantly, I realize the value of the other people - the extended family - the other people within my community, my cultures: my teachers and the other people I call Auntie, Uncle, Godfather, Godbrother, whatever. These are people who pulled you in and made you part of their lives and their homes.

High blood pressure is a major health crisis in the black community.

You can add five years to your lifespan by just making intelligent lifestyle choices.

Sometimes, people only change what they look like for the acceptance of other people, and that's where you start going wrong.

It's not attractive to be talking down about yourself all the time. All you continue to do to yourself is pull yourself further down into a deeper place of depression and sadness and insecurity and fear and hopelessness, so it's like, having God in your life is important, accepting who you are is important, regardless of what you look like.

Purity of the spirit is important. A lot of people don't focus on what's going on inside, and no matter what they look like, even sometimes when people do all this wonderful work or they are blessed naturally to look good on the outside, if their spirit is ugly - I don't care how fine you are, if you're ugly on the inside, then you're uglier.