Don't Send Me Your Script If You

Considering That I'm British And I Talk The Way I Do, I Love It When A Director Takes A Chance On Me.

At The End Of The Day, Everyone Knows What It Is To Be Loved And To Aspire To Love Someone, To Want To Be Loved, The Loss Of Love, Or Having Their Love Be Opposed, Whether It Is Family, Friends Or Politically.

I Truly Believe Slavery Is Why, As A By-product, We Still Have A Disproportionate Amount Of Black Men Incarcerated In The Usa. It Is An Extension Of That Legacy, And That's Not Going To Start To Diminish Until Black People Have A New Sense Of Themselves That Isn't Tied To Slavery And Feeling Inferior. I Think The Church Can Be Instrumental In That, In Terms Of Repentance, Reconciliation And Just Being More Embracing Of Each Other - Not Just On Sunday, But In Life Generally.

I Have A Bee In My Bonnet As To How Few Black Historical Figures One Sees On Film; Incredible Stories, Stories From Which We Are Living The Legacy And Which Just Don't Get Made.

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.