I Was Trained By Stella

Paul Gleason Played The Teacher. I Just Tortured Him As Best I Could. 'cause He Wasn't One Of The Kids, You Know, So It Was Okay. He Was Great.

I Was Just In A Few Episodes The First Season [ Of Empire]. They Didn't Kill Me, But I Haven't Been Back In Season Two Or Three. I Don't Know If They Have Plans For Me Or Not. But I Enjoyed Working On It. And I Think It's A Really Talented Group Of Actors And, Boy, Very Enterprising To Try And Shoot Those Every Week, You Know, With Musical Numbers And All That Stuff.

[john] Hughes Was Open To That [rehearsal]. This Can Only Happen If The Director And/or The Writer Are Open To That.

I Went To Acting School In New York City For Two Years. I Studied With Stella Adler

I Went To Acting School With Mario Van Peebles. For A Little While, He Was At The Same School. So He Asked Me If I Wanted To Do [ New Jack City]. He Said, "there's Not Really A Role. We'll Figure Something Out. But Would You Like To?" And I Was Like, "sure." 'cause He Said It Was Chris Rock And Ice T's First Movie.