When audiences look at an action actor like myself, sometimes we are very easily stereotyped or characterized as one type. They forget that we are actors, too.

I'm a very emotional guy.

There is also a strong following among the urbanites on the East Coast when it comes to martial arts films.

I try to update my arsenal constantly. Learning different martial arts since childhood. To understand what's out there. To really be in tune.

Martial art is a form of expression, an expression from your inner self to your hands and legs.

There's a lot of thinking when you choreograph something. You're not just choreographing some bodies, arms, legs flying around to look cool. It's a lot more complicated and sophisticated. You also have to deal with the connection of the whole film, so when I choreograph, I think of the movement itself, the camera angles, the characters.

Like any other actor, I draw on life experience.