I'm a parent. I have kids, and what's happening with our waters, and our oceans, and what's happening with deforestation, and all these things that human beings are having negative impacts on at this time, are concerning to me. I wanted to do whatever I could to be a part of the solution and not just be a part of the problem.

It's the sense of touch. In any real city, you walk, you know? You brush past people, people bump into you. In L.A., nobody touches you. We're always behind this metal and glass. I think we miss that touch so much, that we crash into each other, just so we can feel something.

I also believe that you are what you have to defend, and if you're a black man that's always going to be the bar against which you are judged, whether you want to align yourself with those themes or not. You can think of yourself as a colourless person, but nobody else is gonna.

I've been doing this since I was 10 years old, inhabiting different people and playing different roles.

Is there a way to discuss climate change without politics or religion getting in the way?

I think that it's much more important to do than to say. And you learn that a lot from your kids, who are watching you, you know?

I think if you were to look at my resume in total you would see a lot of things that are kind of all over the map.