My Ass May Be Dumb, But I

I Said To George Lucas, "i'd Like A Purple Lightsaber." And He Said, "why?" And I Said, "i Just Want To Be Able To Find Myself. I'm The Most Powerful Jedi In The Universe, And I Think It Would Be An Interesting Thing For Me To Have A Different Color Lightsaber Than Anybody Else."

Hair Is Very, Very Distinctive. I Started That With That Boxing Movie I Did, The Great White Hype. The Director Wanted Me To Look Like Don King, And Everybody Knew Who Don King Was. But I Didn't Want To Be Don King. I Wanted The Man To Be Rev. Fred Sultan, So I Decided To Make Him Look Like Julius Caesar. And From That Point On, I Just Decided, I Had This Great Wig-maker, So I Just Found Hairstyles That I Felt Would Be Distinctive For Every Character. Like An Adventure.

It Was Fun To Be In A Scene Again With [my Wife Latanya Richardson]. We Used To Do Plays Together All The Time. We Hadn't Really Worked Together Since Losing Isaiah [1995]. That Was Kind Of Early On In Both Of Our Cinematic Careers. Things Have Changed A Little Bit Since Then.

I Just Always Knew That I Lived In Two Worlds. There Was The World Of My House And Community, But To Make My Way In That White World I Had To Modify The Way I Spoke And Acted. I Had To Sometimes Not Make Direct Eye Contact.

I Did 'formula 51' Because I Got To Run Around Liverpool In A Kilt, With Golf Clubs.