Kendrick: Nah, I’m not going crazy. I’m all right. You gotta have grounded people around you, people that are going to tell you the truth.

Howard: How do you know who those people are?

Kendrick: Well, these the people that are honest with you since day one. They have to be honest with you. When you know that you’re wrong—and everybody knows they’re wrong in certain situations—no matter how much fame or fortune or what your status is, they’re able to tell you you’re wrong. And you have to respect that.

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