What really excites me in a project is when it goes in a way you haven't been before.

I wanted to be on American TV so much. I didn't park DJ'ing; I just sort of ended up becoming more of a studio guy. I had a bit more money and I could buy every little piece of equipment and drum machine that had just come out - I've got quite a collection now - and I continued to collect music.

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

I'd rather a young black actor read about success as opposed to how tough it was. I get these roles because I can act and that's it. Hopefully that's it.

Even when I went to America I didn't work for four years. It wasn't like I came to New York and it was the land of milk and honey. It was just as much of a hard graft. But there's a lot more opportunity nowadays across the board for actors, no matter what color you are, with the Internet and small productions.

I was always a real athletic kid. Then when I got older, I just figured it was part of life to keep training.

Every single film I've done, it's about the character.