WHAT DO YOU KNOW NOW THAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW IN YOUR 20s and 30s?
TERRENCE HOWARD, star of new movie "Red Tails."
"I was suspended from school at least 15 times when I was a young man. I was expelled from four different high schools for insubordination. I had a real problem with authority."
"Fortunately for me, I never got away with anything, I stole a pair of argyle socks from the May Company in Cleveland at 15. I remember the security guard grabbing me and then talking to me. I was begging, 'Can you please, please let me go home. Don't call the cops.'
"'No,' he said. 'I'm calling the cops because I care about you. I don't want this to become a pattern in your life.'"
"The police drove me to my house and we sat in the car for a few minutes. The cop said, 'Son, just look at where you are today. Look at where you're heading. I want you to remember one thing. The great men in history like the Tuskegee Airman were troublemakers at their core. You're a troublemaker. Learn to put that energy into something good.'
"What I know now is that it's crucial in life to put your energy into something good. It's a life lesson when you're a teen and one when you're in your 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s and beyond."
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