What I enjoyed about being in the world of Jessica Jones, as Luke Cage, is that I wasn't front and center because it was Jessica Jones' story, but it allowed me to find the character from a different perspective.

I think when people talk about art imitating life, you're in real time.

That's how it works in Westerns: the hero is minding his own business and trying to make a living, but he does something, the villain finds out about it and they have to have a showdown. So it's kind of a Western set to hip hop music.

Luke Cage is using his open hand instead of a closed fist. It's a little disrespectful but it's very effective. Some people call it a pimp slap, we call it smack-fu. He's doing you a favour by hitting you with an open hand. It hurts, it renders you unconscious but you live.

In real life, people end up doing things because it's convenient and it works for them. You don't get up every day regretting what you're doing.

I'm pretty relaxed on what people should be able to do as long as they're not hurting anybody else.

Part of acting is always just being available emotionally and open to people.