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Because I Was Aspirational, I Did My Work, I Was Respectful To My Teachers, I Experienced A Lot Of Bullying From The Black Kids. My Friends Were Largely White Or Asian.

When You Reflect Upon The Significance Of Dr. King To This Nation, It's Criminal That He Hasn't Had A Feature Film That Was Centered Around Him Until Now. That, In And Of Itself, Was Emotional. But When You're Doing Scenes On The Edmund Pettus Bridge, With People Still Living In Selma And Now In Their 60s And 70s Who Had Actually Marched, Who Were There That Original Bloody Sunday, That's Humbling... That's Deeply Moving. You're No Longer Acting At That Stage, You're Just Reacting, Because It Takes The Filmmaking Process To Another Dimension.

I Think What A Lot Of People Don't Realize Is How Much Being The Leader Of This Movement Weighed Upon Him. After All, He [dr. Martin Luter King] Was Only 39 Years-old When He Was Assassinated, And Only 36 During The Selma Campaign. He Always Seemed Older Than He Actually Was, And I Believe Part Of That Had To Do With Just How Much Life He Had To Live In Order To Lead This Movement.

I Think Until Britain Acknowledges Just How Much Of A Presence Black People Had Here Before The Sixties, Then There Are Certain Stories That Are Not Going To Be Inclusive Of What I Have To Offer.

I Certainly Don't Feel There's A Distinction To Be Made Between A Television And A Film Actor. I Think There's A Distinction Between Great Actors And Not So Great Actors. But I Really Think If You Watch A Person Working In Television Give A Wonderful Performance, That Person Is F - Ing Great, Because There Is No Time.