I like to think of myself as a physical actor.

I hear God as an audible voice.

For me, I'm always looking for opportunities to work with people who are better than me, who are more experienced than me, people from whom I can learn. And who could I learn more from than someone with an unprecedented movie star career that has spanned over thirty years whose name is Tom Cruise?

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.

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

When I am playing a role far away from me with an accent that is not mine I always employ a dialect coach. I am almost always playing someone that has an accent that is not mine.

There's a nimble quality to the way a television actor can work. When that muscle gets strong it's a very valuable thing.