So many Americans, for one reason or another, they watch the news and it doesn't really give them the idea of the world. Or they don't read or travel. They have no idea that America is part of the world and not the world itself.

America is a country born from semi-mythologized blood, glory and acts of selfless patriotic sacrifice.

When I am in Africa, I always have the feeling that it's where everything started. When I am in New York, I know it is where everything ended up.

When you title yourself, you immediately lend yourself to all kinds of pretension

It's easy for me to play bad guys because it's a very linear acting. Bad guys aren't empathetic. Being a bad guy is great because you're not friendly and you don't have to do much with your face.

Disappointment always arrives before hope and the darkness of night comes before the dawn. Don't lose hope now because things will brighter with the new day.

I never thought I was right for TV or that TV was right for me.