Whether we like to admit it or not, as artists, we do project our own worldview on to what we do.

I consider myself a human being, a Christian, a father, a husband, so many things, before being a black person.

There are many, many communities, many ethnic minorities, many civilizations that have been brutalised by others and you have to move on. You cannot perpetually stay in that place of blame, otherwise it's just a downward spiral.

I think it's vital to have something outside your acting to keep you rooted in the real world, and help you fill the vacuum. If you have nothing else, it can be unhealthy. For me being a Christian has been invaluable: it simply means acting isn't the centre of my life.

I hear God as an audible voice.

At the end of the day, everyone knows what it is to be loved and to aspire to love someone, to want to be loved, the loss of love, or having their love be opposed, whether it is family, friends or politically.

Africa is trying to find its way back to a sense of itself, when much of that was lost through colonization.