You Can’t Have People Curating

Considering That I'm British And I Talk The Way I Do, I Love It When A Director Takes A Chance On Me.

It's Fascinating To Work With A Company Of Actors Of Such Different Ages, Experience And Talents. I'm One Of A Generation Brought Up On Television Whose Acting Is More 'naturalistic', Whereas With Some Of The Older Generation It's More Heightened. But I Think There's Room For Both Styles.

I Truly Believe Slavery Is Why, As A By-product, We Still Have A Disproportionate Amount Of Black Men Incarcerated In America. It Is An Extension Of That Legacy, And That's Not Going To Start To Diminish Until Black People Have A New Sense Of Themselves That Isn't Tied To Slavery And Feeling Inferior. I Think The Church Can Be Instrumental In That, In Terms Of Repentance, Reconciliation And Just Being More Embracing Of Each Other - Not Just On Sunday, But In Life Generally.

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.

Sunday At 11 O'clock Is The Most Segregated Hour In America. You Have Black Churches; You Have White Churches; You Have Hispanic Churches. It's Not Really Reflective Of The World We Live In, By And Large, In America.