I feel television is in a fantastically rich vein of what it's presenting both by opportunity to actors and to audiences.

Considering that I'm British and I talk the way I do, I love it when a director takes a chance on me.

Dr. Martin Luther King was never a man to say 'I've got this' as the leader of the movement. He wasn't always sure that his decisions were correct, because he knew every decision he made was putting lives at risk, including his and his family's lives.

My ambition is to keep the audience guessing... that is my path to a long career.

I do think how two people dance with each other is indicative of how they feel about each other. It can tell a lot more than a verbal scene.

I think that having a black president in this country has been a seismic shift, in terms of what has been going on racially in America. I think that America is now engaging with how we have come to this point.

The wonderful situation that I find myself in now, is that choosing the roles I want is more of a reality for me. As a result, I take it very seriously, because I find this opportunity in film to be a very powerful and influential medium.