” I’m no longer going to play thugs or debauched cops that I can’t possibly make complex characters. I’m bigger than that. I owe too much to too many good people at the Goodman, Arena and Playwrights Horizons. “
” Everything is not black-and-white. I’m really interested in the gray area – not justifying it, not glorifying it, not condoning it, but at least having people see there’s a genesis for every event in our lives. There’s some divine order to it, whether it’s ugly or beautiful. “
” Not only our political system is broken, but how we do business and have public discourse with one another. The system in Hollywood, specifically, is not depicting people of color, we’re not even talking about Asian Americans or Latino Americans, we’re not even getting into that question. “
” I hate the term ‘black’ because it doesn’t bring to life who we are as a people. The term ‘black’ has more negative synonyms than the term white. “
” I would still work with Mel Gibson! He’s talented, man! Come on, he came up with ‘Apocalypto,’ man! I want to work with this guy. I’ve worked with Steven Seagal. He’s out of his mind. I mean, I’ve worked with Spike Lee for four films. I’ve worked with some people that you can say are right there teetering between genius and madness. “
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