New York is the greatest character actor ever. Any film that is shot in New York is elevated by the city.

The line between being a nurturing parent and an over-bearing, damaging parent is one that's very delicate.

I like New York because you're kind of forced to smell everybody else's funk. So it keeps you biologically attached to the world around you.

Shaft was a pop culture figure along t he lines of, I guess, Dirty Harry - except that he wasn't as much of a racist. So yeah, I was always a fan.

For lack of any clearer idea, I just started acting one day. It had been in the back of my head for a while, but I think in some ways I was afraid to do it, and finally I just stepped up.

I do have characters who are more well known than I am, which suits me fine.

New York is the greatest character actor ever. Any film that is shot in New York is elevated by the city.