Personally, I love Toronto.
ADEWALE AKINNUOYE-AGBAJEI’m known for playing bad guys, so this was an interesting departure from what I’m known to play, which is a softer, more likable, affable character.
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Whilst I’m still young and I still have the looks
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I’ve played different nationalities, and everything from vulnerable to strong to crooked to demented.
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I knew him as a commercial director and thought one of his commercials was great.
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Those films that really speak to the primal fear that we, as human beings, have about the unknown have always intrigued me.
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Because I play the trumpet and sing. I’d like to incorporate that into a character.
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There’s always your initial trepidation about doing a remake, but that was alleviated by the fact that it was a prequel.
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Each actor was serviced in the movie, and we tried to do that in this movie as well.
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I played a character on Oz and people still approach me in the streets today.
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Trust in your abilities and you’re the author of your own destiny.
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He’s got to have a bit of an edge, but that would be nice.
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I want to take the helm and be a renegade cop, or something like that.
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That’s the really scary thing, not the slasher, macabre movies.
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I think always as an actor. I go in knowing how I’m going to play it. That’s about it.
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I’d like to do a lead action role.
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You don’t want it to be a replica or an imitation.
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And if it means you’re getting a certain amount of notoriety from a fight, that’s what you’ll do.
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When a child wants to be accepted, he’ll do anything.
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As an actor, you really want to resonate with your audience.
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The house was run by my mother, and because there were 10 or so kids, there was no time for individual attention.
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The only way you can influence your fate is to put your soul into your performance and hope it registers with the audience.
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I like the fact that there was a European, first-time director. I’d known of him because I’m from Europe.
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It’s one of the most beautiful places on this planet.
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Then you’re going to get more offers. That’s what I want to do.
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Immediately, that gives you creative license to really recreate and explore and put a new stamp on the genre.
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It’s paying homage, very much, to that.
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A lot of the moves are split legs, and twisting fast.
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