On their breakup: "I think Jen and I made a mistake in that we fell in love, we were excited and maybe too accessible. I don't think either of us anticipated the degree to which it would take on a world of its own."
On the intense tabloid scrutiny Jennifer endured while they were together: "You know, there's always a story of the month, and me dating Jennifer Lopez happened to be that tabloid story at the time when that business grew exponentially . . . People were so f*cking mean about her — sexist, racist. Ugly, vicious sh*t was written about her in ways that if you wrote it now, you would literally be fired for saying those things you said. Now it's like, she's lionised and respected for the work she did, where she came from, what she accomplished — as well she f*cking should be! I would say you have a better shot — coming from the Bronx — of ending up as like [Justice Sonia] Sotomayoron the Supreme Court than you do of having Jennifer Lopez's career and being who she is at 50 years old today."
On staying in touch with Jennifer: "She's the real thing. I keep in touch periodically with her and have a lot of respect for her. How awesome is it that she had her biggest hit movie at 50? That's f*cking baller."