I actually think it's going to be the intriguing plot [ in Black Snake Moan] point that brings people into the film.

I've never been to jail. I've never been arrested. I've never been locked up.

We [me and Eugene Levy] both try to play the reality of a moment and don't try to impose humor on something where it doesn't belong. Contrary to what other people seem to think sometimes.

Everything that I've gone through informs me and my opinions in a way, I guess because I am a child of segregation. I lived through it. I lived in it. I was of it.

When you start to talk about comic books, a lot of the time, people forget about the comic part of it. They need to be funny.

I've never considered myself a comedian. I'm a comedic actor.

I tend to play characters that I can infuse with certain kinds of humour. Even the baddest guy can be funny in his own particular way. I want the audience to engage with the character on some deeper level so that they leave the cinema still thinking about him.