I watched so many comic book movies where the actors weren't as built as the characters in the book. It made me mad because they didn't look right.

I screen tested for Training Day many years ago, which was David Ayer's script with Antoine Fuqua directing.

What's funny is that male strippers don't wear thongs anymore. They wear flat backs.

David Ayer was put on my map, at that point, and I always kept note and clocked his career. When he started directing, I saw Harsh Times, I saw Street Kings and I saw End of Watch. I gave my agents a list of directors that I wanted to work with, and at the top of that list was David. I wanted to have that experience.

I grew up a misfit. I never fit in.

I'm glad that I lost, I'm glad that I failed, I'm glad that I felt that way and decided to do something about it... I never wanted to feel that way again and it drove me.

I'd rather be a liar than an asshole.