Find The Audience, Be Excellent,

People Have Compact To Go Beyond Our Own Culture And Upbringing To A Degree That I Think We Don't Acknowledge Enough Really.

I Basically Enjoy Doing Films That Are About Something, That Have Complex Roles That I Can Sink My Teeth Into. Basically, I Gravitate To Things That Scare Me. They Might Be Things That I Don't Think I Know How To Play. I Like Trying To Find Within Me Where This Character May Exist. Whether Is It Is A Fictional Character Or Not I Am Not Motivated By That. It Is More About How Challenging It Is. It Is Just So Happens That The More High Profile Things I Have Done Have Been Historical Characters.

When I Am Playing A Role Far Away From Me With An Accent That Is Not Mine I Always Employ A Dialect Coach. I Am Almost Always Playing Someone That Has An Accent That Is Not Mine.

I Think What A Lot Of People Don't Realize Is How Much Being The Leader Of This Movement Weighed Upon Him. After All, He [dr. Martin Luter King] Was Only 39 Years-old When He Was Assassinated, And Only 36 During The Selma Campaign. He Always Seemed Older Than He Actually Was, And I Believe Part Of That Had To Do With Just How Much Life He Had To Live In Order To Lead This Movement.

I Love That As A Black Person I've Experienced Not Being A Minority. I Think That's Helped Me To Combat The Minority Mentality People Can Have Here, Which Can Stop Them Scaling The Heights.