Adam Clayton Powell Jr. was a very savvy character. His drinking and carousing, his charisma and intelligence... the things he did in Congress. He passed for white, then became a black advocate.

That's my job as an actor - to go on and try to do the work so subtle and so fine and specific that the memories will linger for a long time.

I've always loved Harlem and its communities.

I'm a Jersey kid originally, and I went to Ramapo State College. That was back in '78.

I think that 'Family Guy' and 'The Critic' come from some of the same kind of seed. I don't know what it is.

I was just a very dark kid. My family was complicated.

I didn't have any expectations of what my family life would end up being like. But I've been very blessed in my life to have a wife who loves me and supports me and is able to be in my band and travel with me.

If you asked me which gives me more joy, my work or my family, there is no question that it's my family. Hands down. If I had to give one up, it wouldn't even be a contest.