When I Was A Kid, My First

Were There Certain Things That I Didn't Feel Were Dignified Enough To Make It Into The Movie? Yeah.

I See These Other Actors Come Up With This Tough-guy Personas And Now When They're On Talk Shows They're All... But That's Not Really The Way They Are. I Probably Could Have Used A Little Bit Of That. At One Point I Was Labeled "the King Of Dumb White Guys." I Was Offended By That When I Was Younger, But I Understand What That's From, So I Was Like, "only A Genius Can Play A Fool." But I'm Very Aware Of That, And I'll Play Into It And Use It However I Need To Use It.

Positive Doesn't Mean Unflawed: It Means Human And Vulnerable. If You Make A Film And You're Portraying The Subject With Respect, You're Gonna Do It In An Honest Way.

I Heard Q-tip On The Jungle Brothers' Song 'the Promo.' It Was Very Exciting. It Was Very New. The Music And The Culture Around Hip-hop Was Evolving. I Think There's An Emotional Quality To Their Music And There's A Vulnerability To The Music. For Me, A Tribe Called Quest Was My Beatles.

Sometimes You Know About A Job Four Months In Advance. Sometimes You Know About A Job Four Days In Advance. It's All Different, And My Thing Is Just To Try To Stay Prepared. It's Like Being A Boxer. You Never Know When You're Going To Get Your Next Fight, So You Have To Just Stay In Shape, Mentally And Physically And Creatively.