If you go to Africa and you're white, you're probably not going to get that much work either. But the fact is that there is a longer history of black integration in the U.S. I don't have any resentment about this: I did the maths, calculated it against my ambition and decided to leave England.

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'm tactile, very tactile. A woman who has really nice, looked-after skin is such a turn-on for me. It's always sexy.

I've got two smoking guns that just look incredible, and I love to pull them out whenever I can.

I love to play different roles. That's just the kind of actor I am.

Actors tend to not know how their performances are going to actually be used. Even though the script says one thing, in the edit, it can be something else.