As an actor, you're used to putting on characters, taking them off, becoming someone else, doing your research, and working on that.

I don't really like horror shows, horror movies, or any of that. I'm really a lightweight, in terms of that.

The first time I acted was in high school in Florida, and when I heard that applause I felt so alive and felt that electricity go up my spine.

My mom was always pretty supportive. She saw me do plays and she'd always act out the parts I did.

In feature film world I'm very much...a hired hand. It's a world of Tom Cruise, Julia Roberts, Mel Gibson - they're able to produce and to star and it's, that's not my world.

The world has white people and black people in it. Even in Harlem.

I love vegan choices, raw food choices, and I’ll eat whatever I have to in order to get into whatever shape I need to get into for any one particular role.

I think if you're able to do over the course of your career 20, 30, 50 very wonderful rich characters, you'd rather have that than an Oscar.

Memories are meant to fade, Lenny. They're designed that way for a reason.

I like the nice guys. I like when they show the stories, the human element behind it all.

Theater's my first love. I love it. It excites me. It feeds me.

I'm the type of individual that I enjoy watching any different cultural lives, and I see the common humanity even though the hair textures are different or the skin tones are varied.

When I was in school, my mother stressed education. I am so glad she did. I graduated from Yale College and Yale University with my master's and I didn't do it by missing school.