Every leading lady I work with, I'll see if I can get a song out of them and put it on an album..

I was on a well-beaten path of actors - what we all call 'the Law and Order route'. I spent two years of auditioning for everything... and then 'The ….

There are things that I really find important, and that we need to remind ourselves of. When you think about disability, do you really think about it….

I love working. I'm a workaholic and I'm really privileged for some of the jobs I get offered and so I just want to keep going..

It could be Grammy night, Oscar night, whatever - I don't feel the pressure to be there..

There has been a big debate about it: can a black man play a Nordic character?.

What really excites me in a project is when it goes in a way you haven't been before..

Are there differences between black actors’ opportunities and white actors’ opportunities? Yes, there are. It’s been said..

We're all human beings. Experience is experience, let's just be honest. Let's not try and dissect suffering into a race, or whatever you want to call….

I'm never shaken or stirred..

Imagine a film such as Inception with an entire cast of black people - do you think it would be successful? Would people watch it? But no one questio….

My Father always told me that a fool at 40 is a fool for life..

You’re directing a movie, but you are at the head of a ship of people, a whole fleet of people. And being able to manage that - being able to handle ….

I think 'The Wire' really is relatable. It reflects an ongoing issue across America, about inaccuracies in major cities between rich and the poor and….

You watch yourself age and it's hard to feel like a sex symbol..

I've got two smoking guns that just look incredible, and I love to pull them out whenever I can..

I find that a lot of actors who are good and open to challenges have lived a full life. When you walk into an audition, you have more to say for your….

I love to play different roles. That's just the kind of actor I am..

What kind of role do you play after someone like Stringer, you know what I mean? You play another gangster. What’s the point of that? I’ve played the….

Sean Connery wasn't the Scottish James Bond, and Daniel Craig wasn't the blue-eyed James Bond. So if I played him, I don't want to be called the blac….

I was cast in 'Thor' and I'm cast as a Nordic god. If you know anything about the Nords, they don't look like me but there you go. I think that's a s….