I was always led to believe you should take care of yourself, trust in your abilities and you're the author of your own destiny.

You don't want it to be a replica or an imitation. You want to create something fresh, original, very unique.

I think always as an actor. I go in knowing how I'm going to play it. That's about it.

I was always led to believe you should take care of yourself, trust in your abilities and you're the author of your own destiny.

I just want to keep the diversity and the options open. In terms of what I'm looking for, I'd like to do a lead action role.

What you desire, as an actor, is to have an impact. That's why you did it. You want to move people, and you want to resonate with your audience. It's always a great compliment to have people appreciate and speak of the characters. I can go anywhere in the world, to places where people don't actually speak English, and people can say, verbatim, what I said on the show as Mr. Eko, which is great. That's fun!

There's always your initial trepidation about doing a remake, but that was alleviated by the fact that it was a prequel. Immediately, that gives you creative license to really recreate and explore and put a new stamp on the genre.