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It Was Actually A Lot More Helpful To Have Calvin Hart, A Cop, As My Template. He Was Also My Technical Advisor On Shaft. This Time, I Kinda Got To Go To Jersey City With Him, And Hang Around, And Watch Him Interact With Other Cops, People In The Projects, And See What It Means To Be Him. People Call Him 'big Daddy' And He's This Larger-than-life Hero To A Lot Of People.

I Sit At Home And Read Books. I Watch Movies. I Watch Television. I Go And Play Golf. I Don't Go To Nightclubs. I Don't Go Out To Dinner That Often. I'm Not A Big Party Guy.

When I'd Read The Script [the Man], [ Eugene Levy] That's Who I'd Seen In My Mind. When I Ran Into Him, I Said To Him, 'i Read The Script. You'd Be Great.' He Had No Idea What I Was Talking About. Then, We Saw Each Other Again In London. He'd Read It And Was Enthused About It.

When I'm Not Working, I Like To Play Golf.

Doing [a Relationship Comedy] With Sam [l. Jackson] Was Exciting. I've Done A Lot Of Comedies With A Lot Of Comedy People. My Peers. I've Never Worked With Anybody Of The Kind Of Dramatic Caliber Of Movie Actor That Sam Is. It Was A Little Bit Intimidating For The First Day. Or Two... Or The First Week. Other Than That, It Was A Joy.