Call It Stubborn, Call It Ignorant, Call

I Heard Q-tip On The Jungle Brothers' Song 'the Promo.' It Was Very Exciting. It Was Very New. The Music And The Culture Around Hip-hop Was Evolving. I Think There's An Emotional Quality To Their Music And There's A Vulnerability To The Music. For Me, A Tribe Called Quest Was My Beatles.

The Effect Hip-hop Had On Me Was Enormous. I Was Exposed To It By Happenstance. My Father Worked At A Radio Station In New York Called Wktu Disco 92. It Was The First Radio Station In New York City To Play Disco In The Late '70s.

I'm A New York Person. I've Never Gone Out Of The Way To Speak To The Press To Change My Persona - I Probably Should Have. It's Too Late Now. But When I First Started I Was Like, "i'm Gonna Stay This Way. I'm Gonna Be This Way," And I Continued To. I Probably Should Have Sugarcoated It Like, "this Is Not Really The Way I Am - I'm An Actor."

Each Environment Is Different, Each Job Is Different, And Each Realm Of Creativity That They Give You Is Different. You Try To Do The Best You Can And Put As Much Time Into It As You Can, But Different Jobs Have Different Circumstances Come About.

If My Son Was An Actor I Would Tell Him, "don't Let People Know As Much About You As I Let People Know About Me." Because I Think Professionally, It's An Easier Road. That Would Be Something I Would Tell A Young Actor. But It's Cool.