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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 Yourself Because You Come From The Real World. It's More Enticing For Directors, I Think.

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? Someone Who's A Full-time Trainer Or A Boxer, Someone Who's Got A Major Disability, But Who Doesn't Let That Get In His Way, That's A Really Good Message For Someone Who Is Able-bodied. It Can Make Them Think, 'wow, I Suppose I Could Be Doing Better For Myself.'

There's A Fast-track If You Can Do The Networking. For Some Personalities It Works, But For Mine It Doesn't.

Because I Was Big, I Didn't Have To Listen To Anyone Doubting Me. I Was Just Considered Good At Football Or Whatever, There Were No Questions About It.

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 Executives Because They Seem To Be A Lot More Open Minded About That And A Lot More Progressive In That Way.