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Well, I'm An Artist To The Core. And My Objective Has Always Been To Use My Talents And My Skills To Elevate Humanity Through My Art.

I Have Some Cops In My Family. I Understand The Predicament That They're In. Sometimes They Go Into It Just To Pay The Bills Or Because They Don't Have Other Choices, Or Sometimes They Just Want To Get The Gun.

I Watch A Lot Of Different Films. A Lot Of Different Performances And I Find A Lot Of Little Things From The Films Or Things That Actors Do Or People In Real Life Who Have Behaviors Or Idiosyncrasies That I Like Or Find Interesting And I Try To Remember That. And Then I'll Do A Prayer. I'll Do A Prayer To Ask The Character Or The Spirit Of The Character To Come And Visit Me. And Let's Work Together.

Nobody Wants To Get Locked Up, Although 'locked Up' Is A Matter Of Perspective. There Can Be People Who Are Out Who Are In Prison Mentally And Emotionally And Worse Off Than Those Who Are Behind Bars.

I Never Really Planned On Making Action Films. It Just Kind Of Happened.