Funny enough, every role that I have had, I try to tone down my accent or speak with better diction.
Djimon HounsouUntil you are somewhat comfortable and confident and embrace who you are, as a person, you can't possibly love somebody else because you don't like yourself that much.
Djimon HounsouThere is a real problem with the lack of diversity, specifically in genre films and the superheroes our kids grow up watching and emulating, they can't really identify with. When you see the same thing, over and over again, and it seems not to speak of you and your heritage and your culture, it leaves you out of this world, a little bit. It gives a certain social distance with your world.
Djimon HounsouThe gym can serve as an excellent place where kids and young men and women can really empty their issues right on the floor.
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