I think acting is a gift. I think certain people for some reason just have a gift that they were meant to perform.

I would rather portray the hero, if it's a really great film. All my favorite fictional film characters are heroes, such as in "The Last of the Mohicans" and "Robin Hood."

"Alleluia" song is a street hymn in the sense that it's all about culture.It's almost a juxtaposition of the prayers of the world and the prayers of the culture and how we sometimes put an "amen" after crazy things. So it's really just that tension between madness and simplicity.

Sometimes song happens all at once where you sit down and the lyrics and the music just come out. So there definitely isn't one way that it happens - there are a lot of different things that take place.

Not judging people is the fastest way to peace.

Often times, if a character is pretty straightforward, he or she is not as interesting to portray.

I think acting is a gift. I think certain people for some reason just have a gift that they were meant to perform.