Sound Bite: Derek Luke – “Sean Combs” – Notorious
You know what, this role did seem, a little overwhelming at first and I needed some confidence and um, what I had to do was back up and say wait a minute, Diddy is the alter last ego of Puff Daddy is not the guy that I’m asked to play, I was asked to play actually Puffy, who was the artist the entrepreneur in the time of the movie he didn’t have his own company, as a matter of fact in the movie, it’s starts the birth (talk) of what Bad Boys was, and um, so he was a totally different person, but what helped me for this film, was that I got a call from Puffy and he told me that he believed in me, he told me why I was his choice.

Sound Bite: Derek Luke – “Sean Combs” – Notorious
Yeah, he’s very, very, he’s very, very, Puffy is very well spoken that’s why I love playing him, because he has such handle on the sound of music and the direction that it needed to go and as matter of fact in the story, you know, he’s convincing and telling Biggy. “Hey man I have this idea, I’m confident I’m sure, just trust me.

Sound Bite: Derek Luke – “Sean Combs” – Notorious
I think, what I learned about Puffy what makes him a survivor and extraordinary, is that he had instinct for change and timing, he knew when it was time to change, weather it time to change music, or when it was time to get out of situation, he knew how to ignore the media, he didn’t know necessarily, or anticipate that you know the east coast, west coast was going to come about, but he said you know what, I’m just about the dream, I’m just about the vision, I’m about making this paper so, you know, I think he had a very visionary scope about him,