When I'm Not Working, I Like To

I Guess The Worst Day I Have Had Was When I Had To Stand Up In Rehab In Front Of My Wife And Daughter And Say 'hi, My Name Is Sam And I Am An Addict.'

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 Was Desperate On Coming To America Set - Not To Buy Drugs Or Anything, But I Had A Person At Home, A Girlfriend Who's Telling You, "you're Out The Bills And Food. You Need This, You Need That. And You Either Get It, Or Don't Come Back." That Was Me.

I'm A Good Son, A Good Father, A Good Husband - I've Been Married To The Same Woman For 30 Years. I'm A Good Friend. I Finished College, I Have My Education, I Donate Money Anonymously. So When People Criticize The Kind Of Characters That I Play On Screen, I Go, 'you Know, That's Part Of History.'

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.