John Hurt Was Incredible To

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 Did A Moonlighting Episode Because I Was Friends With Whoopi [goldberg, Who Guest-starred In The Same Episode], And She Asked Me To Do It And I Did It. But Yeah, That Was My First Regular On A Series, And It's Because I'd Met Brooke Shields A Number Of Years Earlier At A Charity Event.

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.

It's Great To Work With People That You Like, Any Job, No Matter What You Do.

It's A Profession Where Merit Is Not Necessarily Rewarded.