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I Turned Down A Lot Of Easier Opportunities In Order To Go For The Things That I Really And Ultimately Wanted To Do. And What's Really Nice Is That It's Starting To Work. I've Been An Actor For Coming Up On 14 Years Now And The Level Of Activity That's Taking Place Now Is A Culmination Of A Slow Cooker Approach To As Opposed To A Microwave.

I Consider Myself A Human Being, A Christian, A Father, A Husband, So Many Things, Before Being A Black Person.

It's Fascinating To Work With A Company Of Actors Of Such Different Ages, Experience And Talents. I'm One Of A Generation Brought Up On Television Whose Acting Is More 'naturalistic', Whereas With Some Of The Older Generation It's More Heightened. But I Think There's Room For Both Styles.

The Thing That Would Probably Surprise Most People Was That Dr. Martin Luther King Was A Very Reluctant Leader. He Felt Very Shocked At Times That He Had Been Chosen For This Path, But He Also Understood That He Was Chosen For This Path. He Had Several Moments Of Acute Doubt As To If He Was Up For The Task - When People Were Injured In The Protests He Took It Very Personally, Let Alone When They Were Killed.

I Basically Enjoy Doing Films That Are About Something, That Have Complex Roles That I Can Sink My Teeth Into. Basically, I Gravitate To Things That Scare Me. They Might Be Things That I Don't Think I Know How To Play. I Like Trying To Find Within Me Where This Character May Exist. Whether Is It Is A Fictional Character Or Not I Am Not Motivated By That. It Is More About How Challenging It Is. It Is Just So Happens That The More High Profile Things I Have Done Have Been Historical Characters.