Well, I like to be kept on my toes. I look for a challenge. I don't like to recreate steps that I've already walked. I like to see if I can create something new.

I'm not sure whether Los Angeles borders on the ocean or on oblivion. I always feel that I'm two steps away from the other side when I'm out there. It's more like a vacation place or a place to visit than a place to hunker down.

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.

The great thing about movies is that they're collaborative. And the worst thing is that they're collaborative.

I think I was afraid of what I might say when I got onto someone's stage or in front of someone's camera.

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

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.