It is important to make the best out of every generation.

As an artist, it's a great opportunity to play a character like this [Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland]. And then, as a person, I had never been to the African continent. So, I knew, personally, it would reshape me.

There are people [in Uganda] who hate Idi Amin, a small amount. And then there are the people who really admire him, like a hero. And then there's a large group who say, 'We know that all these murders and atrocities occurred, but he did all these great things.'

I certainly don' think I could've played the character [Idi Amin] the same way without being in Uganda. I loved working in Uganda.

And God, God who believes in us all. And who's given me this moment, in this lifetime, that I will hopefully carry to the end of my lifetime into the next lifetime.

We have to not just open our eyes to what's going on in other places; we need to open our eyes to what's going on right in front of us.

I stay true, because whatever the project is, I'm still looking for inside of that character.