I Grew Up In The

We're Conditioned In This Country To Believe That If There's A Problem, The Black Man Is Usually The Culprit.

I Think Of Myself As A Young Prince From A Long Line Of Royalty.

I Actually Take Images Of Things And Put Them Up Around The Wall And In A Room. I Set A Room Aside. It Might Be Colors, It Might Be Animals, Or Energy And Words. And I'll Just Leave It There, So It Begins To Work On My Subconscious When I Think About The Character. Which Gives Me Some Latitude To Be Really Flexible And Spontaneous But Within The Context Of The Character And The World Of The Character Without Having To Think About It. Or I'll Look At Something Or Read Something And Let It Work On My Subconscious Mind.

There Are So Few Guys Who Do Action And Do It Well. Even Fewer Who Are African-american. Even Fewer Who Have Classical-theater Training. So A Cat Like Me Coming In, I'm Bringing All Of That To An Action Movie.

People Wanted To Move To America Because Of Michael Jackson. Industry Changed, The Music Industry Changed, Because Of Michael Jackson. That's A Gift To Us, And, You Know, I Am Concerned That The Good Lord May Not Send Another One Because We Did Not Take Good Care Of Him.