There'll be moments when I'm out in the prison yard, chatting with the cast and the crew, getting ready to shoot a scene. And then I'll remember if I were actually an inmate, I'd only be out there an hour. The other 23 hours of the day, I'd be in my cell. It's kind of a downer.

I have very high expectations of myself. I'm a very competitive person but competitive with myself. I want to be the best that I can be and if that means that I'm eventually better than everyone else then so be it.

Michael Scofield is someone everyone can relate to, but nobody would want to be in his shoes.

The backstory to anyone of mixed race is a lifetime spent being incorrectly perceived and choosing either to allow that misperception to continue or to correct it, so I am aware of identity and race as being much more fluid, I think, than someone who is "purely" one thing or the other. And acting does challenge me to address those particular issues.

My character in 'Prison Break' needs to be formidable. In reality, I'm not very tough at all.

I spend my weekends sleeping and watching DVDs, and eating at restaurants within a 2-block radius of my apartment.

Everyone has their challenges.