The offers were, like, a lot of money - maybe not for other actors, but definitely for me. But I don't want that power. I don't want $20-million power.

How can you work in film and still see the overt racism that exists in film and not just be furious all the time?

In every film, whether it's a fictional character or not, you create an idea of the character and for me I always do a bad impersonation to start with.

I always have the fear that, if I don't commit 100 percent to my work, then it's gonna suffer.

I've made up so many stores about my name, I can't remember.

For as long as I've been making movies, I really don't know a lot of the technical side. I mean, I've actively and consciously tried to avoid learning that stuff. I just want to be open and receptive to what's happening in the moment, and I don't want to force anything.

We are all animals of this planet. We are all creatures. And nonhuman animals experience pain sensations just like we do. They too are strong, intelligent, industrious, mobile, and evolutional. They too are capable of growth and adaptation. Like us, firsthand foremost, they are earthlings. And like us, they are surviving. Like us they also seek their own comfort rather than discomfort. And like us they express degrees of emotion. In short like us, they are alive.