I've always played the guy with the gun and the knife. That's how many actors start out, playing the bad guy.

I've liked most of the films that I've been in and those are the kinds of films I like to see.

It depends, because sometimes an action role can be very demanding, and sometimes a dialogue-driven character can be very demanding, and vice versa. It depends.

I don't think I could be a foot soldier. I don't know if I could take orders too good. I'm a little lazy.

Before I was ever in high school, I had dark circles under my eyes.

When you do a movie the clock is ticking. It's like a sport.

When I was a little kid, I was the first kid in my neighborhood to have a pet alligator.

Some roles have been with me forever

I'm a fan myself, so when a fan does something that might be strange, I understand it.

You might get some serial killers who are born with a chip missing, but for the most part I don't think anyone is born bad.

I'm not Jack Nicholson. I'm not Brando. But I do mumble.

I won and I get to scream and jump a little. But I got to go back to work tomorrow.

I don't see the world completely in black and white. Sometimes I do.

I never planned to win an Oscar. When I auditioned for Ray, I was just thinking about what a great project it would be.

As black folks we're always sensitive. As a black person it's always racial.

When your movie is hot, your options are crazy.

I'm a southern gentleman.

What we do in New Orleans, man - we party!

Man, after all my grandma put into me learning the piano, that was a hard day, telling her I was telling jokes for a living.