I'm constantly discovering things. Like Bobby Bland. Right now I suppose I'm into the Eighties, which turned out to be a great musical period.

I remember being very affected by what was going on there towards the end of Apartheid. And the subject is still very pertinent, politically, to what's happening around the world today, in terms of negotiating peace talks. I had always been interested in this period of change in South Africa, generally, for a variety of reasons.

I'm constantly looking to see whether I look the same as I did earlier, whether I've put on or lost any weight.

A lot of people ask me about my father's passing when I was young, which I'm never comfortable with. I invariably move around that subject.

I wouldnt be the same actor if I couldnt do theater.

Solomon Northup is one of the most remarkable people Ive ever encountered in my life; one of the most amazing stories I have ever been in any kind of contact with. To not tell that story would have been disgraceful, in my opinion.

I was always lucky that I've always had a gig, I'm fortunate in that way.