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» (On filming The Last King of Scotland in Uganda) For an African-American there's a mythical duty to feel you've arrived in the Motherland. I was petrified I wouldn't feel that, which would make me a bad black person. But this role made me engage with Africa on an intimate level.

» I don't see myself directing for another 15-20 years, just because there's so much that I want to do as an actor and as a producer in so many different mediums.

» I love writing, you know? About a year ago I got really exhausted from reading bad scripts and I know that I am a writer and that I have stories to tell, so I thought, "Let's do this!" So I'm co-writing a screenplay now with another screenwriter and loving it. Absolutely loving it.

» I don't really see myself not being able to act. Even if people don't think I am sexy enough for film at 40, I'll still be acting.

» I come from the theater and I plan to always do theater.