“What I like about the Carpenter take on The Thing is the fact that it just has so much suspense.”

I knew him as a commercial director and thought one of his commercials was great.

I thought it was an interesting take on such a big-budget cult classic

It was about survival. It was about where the next meal was coming from.

I thrive on that; I rise to the occasion of the circumstances.

You don’t want to drain yourself. But it pumps you up, gets you in the zone.

I played a character on Oz and people still approach me in the streets today.

Wale means to arrive home. So the crown has arrived home.

Certainly, I look for different characters ’cause I always like to keep people guessing, and I also don’t like to get typecast.

It’s paying homage, very much, to that.

So you really, really have to stay supple.

I like the fact that there was a European, first-time director. I’d known of him because I’m from Europe.

He’s got to have a bit of an edge, but that would be nice.

Also, I’d like to play an athlete again, while I’m still physically fit, or a musician, like Nat King Cole

I just want to keep the diversity and the options open.

Each actor was serviced in the movie, and we tried to do that in this movie as well.

It just increases your possibilities of work because, if people know you can do just about anything

That’s a very powerful thing to realize as a kid. LEGOs were a key part of that.

A new thing I’ve been doing is just making sure I clear off my desk and try to only touch a piece of paper once

Everybody has been amazing, and the energy is really beautiful. I’m replacing my friend Condola

Sun and wind and beat of sea

A good deed hidden in silence dies.

I played a character on Oz and people still approach me in the streets today.

Suen Le! (it means, “Let it be.

Man must be prepared for every event of life, for there is nothing that is durable.