I've had some physically challenging roles.

When people are courting, many of them think that when they get married, that's it, and everything will be on Easy Street. But you really have to work even harder once you're married, because the challenges are that much greater.

Showtime has given new, young filmmakers - black, white, across the board - an opportunity to make films, as well as actors who want to cross over into directing.

I've had some physically challenging roles.

And I think from a male perspective, we have men talking about their feelings and it being okay.

I want viewers to relate to me on a different level, not just a sexual level.

Unless you are really grounded and have a true sense of reality, you can get lost in that and a lot of people do and that's why you see so many people with successful careers but with destructive lives.