As an actor, you're trained to do the right thing, be politically correct, say your lines, say the right thing about the people you're working with....

I was into Spider Man when I was a kid and that was the only comic I've ever read..

Being able to work with Ridley Scott on this film is like being able to play on the Olympic team for actors..

In 'Pacific Rim' I had to have a haircut I wouldn't usually rock. However, the moustache I had in the film - that might have to come out again. It wa….

I watch my daughter wanting to be like other kids and getting upset that she's not. But I always try and instill in her the idea that she's perfect a….

I've been DJing mostly, and most DJs end up producing. That's just me..

There's a fast-track if you can do the networking. For some personalities it works, but for mine it doesn't..

My definition of bad-ass is that I'm a force of nature and true spirit. I'm self-admitting that, and it sounds vain to say that, but I am..

It's really funny because the same people who loved me as Stringer Bell were the same people that were watching Daddy's Little Girls literally in tea….

It's actually quite criminal how 'The Wire' was systematically ignored..

Working at BBC, at the head of one of the top dramas, is a tradition for great actors..

White actors still get way more money in Hollywood. It's been that way for a very long time. I hope it'll change, but it's a matter of forcing that c….

As much as it's nice to step into that massive world of Hollywood and be a big, famous actor, I prefer the career of actors that have really chosen s….

When I look at my body of work, I've played a lot of characters who are morally conflicted - 'I'm right, no I'm wrong, I don't know what to do!' I wa….

I'm not interested in making all-black films - I come from a very diverse culture, I want to work with every type of person. I work a lot with women ….

When you come from an under-privileged background, oftentimes, you feel a little overwhelmed by your education or your lack of..

The audience loves it when you pay attention to details..

Even when I went to America I didn't work for four years. It wasn't like I came to New York and it was the land of milk and honey. It was just as muc….

One of my first jobs was in a soap opera, five days a week. And what I found is, although there are different directors coming in and different crews….

I'll always be attached to telly in one way or another, whether it's a character or producer or director, I just love the medium..

Some directors hand over portions of their movie to their head of department to the point where it's like, "I'm not going to talk to you about the co….