Actor/singer Tyrese Gibson will be on the cover of JET magazine’s April 4th, 2011 issue, looking polished and professional for the ladies. The 32 year-old author chatted with the publication and talked about everything from music to life. In outtakes of the interview, Gibson explained why he tweets about God so much, why he doesn’t edit himself on Twitter and how he stays motivated and inspired:
On why he doesn’t edit himself on Twitter:
“It’s not something that I purposely do. It’s not coming from a space of rebellion. I just really want people to know some of the things I know. I’ve had people say, ‘I was a big fan of yours, but me loving you just went to a whole other level because of the things that you write and the things that you speak.’ And so, unfortunately this is a town and Hollywood in particular, where people can fall in love with who you appear to be, the surface, right? But then when they get off camera, there’s somebody completely the opposite.”On how he stays hungry:
“I live my life by these words: ‘You can’t get points today for yesterday’s game.’ You won MVP last week, OK, get over it. It’s like, there’s another level to this thing and people like Will Smith and Denzel and Rev Run and … and like I got a few billion-dollar friends and multi-billion friends … these people have really messed up from showing me this life and lifestyle because I know that there’s a-whole-nother level of playing field out there that I can get to. Now, people get complacent – and I know if you leave this in there, it’s just gonna shake people up – people stop being inspired when they have more than all of their friends. If you do that, then you lose your motivation, because you the highest dude on your playing field. Like, amongst all of my people, I got the most. Continue
