I was always led to believe you should take care of yourself, trust in your abilities and you're the author of your own destiny.

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It's a significant question: should black people only adopt black children, and white people white children?

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You really have to act your pants off to stay alive. I thrive on that; I rise to the occasion of the circumstances.

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What I like about the Carpenter take on The Thing is the fact that it just has so much suspense. It seemed like a different story, with the horror elements. Those films that really speak to the primal fear that we, as human beings, have about the unknown have always intrigued me. That's the really scary thing, not the slasher, macabre movies.

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The only way you can influence your fate is to put your soul into your performance and hope it registers with the audience.

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As an actor, you really want to resonate with your audience. I played a character on Oz and people still approach me in the streets today.

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I've never been really great at trusting anybody, just because of the way I grew up.

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What you desire, as an actor, is to have an impact. That's why you did it. You want to move people, and you want to resonate with your audience. It's always a great compliment to have people appreciate and speak of the characters. I can go anywhere in the world, to places where people don't actually speak English, and people can say, verbatim, what I said on the show as Mr. Eko, which is great. That's fun!

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My father was a lorry driver, very rarely at home. The house was run by my mother, and because there were 10 or so kids, there was no time for individual attention. It was about survival. It was about where the next meal was coming from.

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Well, filming in Hawaii, you know, is a blessing. It's one of the most beautiful places on this planet. It has a very mystic energy which informs you as an actor.

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