Sean Connery wasn't the Scottish James Bond, and Daniel Craig wasn't the blue-eyed James Bond. So if I played him, I don't want to be called the black James Bond.

I love working. I'm a workaholic and I'm really privileged for some of the jobs I get offered and so I just want to keep going.

The less I talk about being black, the better.

The role of my agent has just been to get me in the room. If I can get in the room - say the character is just a charming man who lives next door - then I'll walk in there and be as charming as I can and they will think to themselves, 'I don't see why we can't cast him.

Being able to work with Ridley Scott on this film is like being able to play on the Olympic team for actors.

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

If I was gonna go to jail, I don't want to go to jail for stealing a bottle of water. I'll steal that $20 million. At least then it was worth it.