I approach my work the way an actor approaches their work. The only difference is that I do comedy, and my job is to make things funny. My style makes things sound like they're improvisational and happening right then and there.

Everybody likes an extraordinary person or likes to think that they would be great with a superpower in an ordinary world.

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

When I saw the script [of The Man], I saw the character and knew I could do the character. It's a relationship movie, which is also what I love to do. That's what attracts me to projects.

I'm a character actor and that's what I do. All the roles that I've had have been mainly support roles, because character actors don't usually get the lead in movies. It rarely happens.

I love comic books and I love anime.

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