I guess every character has a little bit of the actor - I guess for every character you play, the actor has to allow a little bit of their own character to show through.

A lot of times people hide their quirks when they're first getting to know a person.

I think that's what the most fascinating part of getting to know someone is - to see how they do things, and how their way of doing things is different from your way of doing things, and the fun of trying to do it their way and to see what value there is in looking at things from their perspective.

I had also wanted to work with Aaron McGruder for a long time and there were a few other people on the project that I really wanted to work with,so it seems like a miracle of a project ['Black Jesus'] was handed to me.