Find The Audience, Be Excellent, And You

That's What's So Satisfying About Acting. You Can Come As Prepared As You Like, But There's No Accounting For What's Going To Come At You From The Other Actor. That's Part Of The Joy And The Play Of It. If You Don't Have That It's A Different Kind Of Performance.

Because I Was Aspirational, I Did My Work, I Was Respectful To My Teachers, I Experienced A Lot Of Bullying From The Black Kids. My Friends Were Largely White Or Asian.

Asher Means 'happy And Blessed' Which Embodies My Eldest. Caleb Means 'stubborn And Tenacious Dog' And I Can't Even Tell You How Much That Is My Little Boy! It Was A Useful Warning.

It's Fascinating To Work With A Company Of Actors Of Such Different Ages, Experience And Talents. I'm One Of A Generation Brought Up On Television Whose Acting Is More 'naturalistic', Whereas With Some Of The Older Generation It's More Heightened. But I Think There's Room For Both Styles.

I Consider Myself A Human Being, A Christian, A Father, A Husband, So Many Things, Before Being A Black Person.