I Was Sometimes Called 'coconut' When I

One Of The Things I Have An Allergic Reaction To Playing, Especially As A Black Actor, Is The Mandatory Kind Of Best Friend/cop/detective Type. You Will Never See Me In That Movie.

Excellence Is The Best Weapon Against Prejudice.

As You Know, Sunday At 11 O'clock Is The Most Segregated Hour In America. You Have Black Churches; You Have White Churches; You Have Hispanic Churches. It's Not Really Reflective Of The World We Live In, By And Large, In America.

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.

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.