The Movie That's Had The Most Effect

I Went To Acting School With Mario Van Peebles. For A Little While, He Was At The Same School. So He Asked Me If I Wanted To Do [ New Jack City]. He Said, "there's Not Really A Role. We'll Figure Something Out. But Would You Like To?" And I Was Like, "sure." 'cause He Said It Was Chris Rock And Ice T's First Movie.

Catcher In The Rye Had A Profound Impact On Me-the Idea That We All Have Lots Of Dreams That Are Slowly Being Chipped Away As We Grow Up.

I Worked With The Late Leonard Frey. I Did A Play, And I Would Have These Ideas And He Would Say, "i Don't Know. Try It." And I Would Try It And It Would Be Awful, And He Would Go, "what Do You Think?" And I Would Go, "it Was Awful." And He Goes, "okay, We'll Try Something Else." And That's Great Because It Really Makes You Feel Less Working-for And More Working-with. There's Nothing Better Than To Feel A Part Of The Team.

I Still Think Brooke Shields Is Aces. She's Really Smart, Interesting, Doesn't Feel That Her Time Is More Valuable Than Anyone Else's. Really Hardworking. And I Knew That If She Was The Star Of The Show, It's Going To Be A Good Experience. And It Was.

It's Like They Talk About How American Actors Have The Method And English Actors Just Kind Of Switch Views Faster. And John [hurt] Is Telling Me The Story As He's Sitting In That Witness Chair, And They're Putting The Final Touches Of Makeup On. And He Goes, "hold On A Second," To Stop His Story So He Can Do The Take. And He Does This Incredible Take. They Go, "cut." And Then Immediately John Goes, "anyways, So Alec, He's Playing The Chess." And I'm Just Going, "holy Crap." You Get Whiplash From Those Kinds Of Quick Turns!