I think any role you need to play not so much transforms but I like to think of it as understanding the psychology of another character.

I certainly don't advocate terrorism as a way of progressing and understanding people, nor do I believe labeling everything as a terrorist act is helpful either.

I generally find an affinity with a lot of the people I play and I suppose if I didn't feel an affinity for them then they wouldn't be particularly good performances.

When you're a kid you have this sense of wonder and wholeness and a strong sense of your own identity.

And there was no money in Chicago for a band.

I would get my student loans, get money, register and never really go. It was a system I thought would somehow pan out.

If you come from Africa with your economic poverty and your cultural riches, and you meet someone like Peter Gabriel or a person from a big record company, and they tell you that what you are doing is marvelous, that makes you feel powerful.

Black people need to share collective dollars and demand equal representation, and the way you do that is by controlling their own economy and putting money behind candidates.