When you do a television show in the States, you get the pilot, and then it's the great unknown. That's the way it is. It's this great leap of faith. It's the Russian roulette of art.

Unless an entire row of people got up in the middle of a performance and left the theater in disgust, I felt as though I hadn't done my job.

When you try to worry about missteps and all that kind of stuff, that's not the healthiest way to be.

I think people are gravitating towards these period dramas because I think they're looking for a simpler time.

I never made more than $50 doing any play in Chicago. That was the way I grew up.

I like to box. It's a great release.

I've been a fan of hip-hop for a really long time, and I still am.