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

You're confronted with the quandary: do I grind things to a halt? Ideally you would, but I have better things to do than educate people.

It's very much a back and forth conversation between the fans and the writers, between the writers and the powers that be. Their opinions, especially when expressed online or via correspondence, are important and are taken into consideration.

I had a brief experience in the food industry. I was a bus boy in a Mexican restaurant in Arizona, scraping re-fried beans off people's plates. It teaches you a bit of humility and the importance of a good deodorant.

I didn't come to Hollywood to get on magazine covers or start my Porsche collection or to enjoy that kind of lifestyle, to go to the right parties and meet the right people.

I'm hoping that what I am or what I'm not ethnically doesn't limit me in anyone else's eyes. I guarantee you it doesn't in mine.

It's the way the business works, you're not just an actor, you're a diplomat and a publicist and a politician, and there are certain expectations.