It's weird because my parents don't really understand my business. I get fan mail all day long, but if a piece happens to get to their house, they're like, 'Oh, my God, you've got a fan! You have to write them back. You have to do it!

Are there differences between black actors’ opportunities and white actors’ opportunities? Yes, there are. It’s been said.

I think there's a tendency for actors like myself, and I don't mean to generalize myself, but I've played 'men's men,' if you will, characters that are simmering rage and calculated. There's a trend not to play anything that is opposed to that.

Television, for me, is a medium that I'm probably always going to be attached to, one way or another.

As an actor, you're trained to do the right thing, be politically correct, say your lines, say the right thing about the people you're working with...

Apparently, Daniel Craig said I'd be a great Bond. Daniel, why did you say that? Dropped me right in it! What an honor it would be, but also, what an indication of change.

I don't get recognised that much yet in London, but when I do I get a real sense of achievement.