The less I talk about being black, the better.

There has been a big debate about it: can a black man play a Nordic character?

Some directors hand over portions of their movie to their head of department to the point where it's like, "I'm not going to talk to you about the costumes, but I'm going to let you talk to the expert." Rather than, "You want to talk stitching, let's talk stitching. You want to talk grade of leather? Let's."

What an honor it was to step into the shoes of Nelson Mandela and portray a man who defied odds, broke down barriers, and championed human rights before the eyes of the world.

There's a fast-track if you can do the networking. For some personalities it works, but for mine it doesn't.

I've never had to explain Prometheus to people, ever. Most people get it.

It's actually quite criminal how 'The Wire' was systematically ignored.