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

The axe is fifteen pounds

What is a shame is that there isn’t stuff that is as great as ‘Oz’ on a consistent level around today.

As an actor, you really want to resonate with your audience.

I think always as an actor. I go in knowing how I’m going to play it. That’s about it.

I was always led to believe you should take care of yourself.

I’ve played different nationalities, and everything from vulnerable to strong to crooked to demented.

I made a concerted effort, last year and this year, to get a range of characters

When a child wants to be accepted, he’ll do anything.

I’m of Nigerian descent, from the Yoruba tribe.

The house was run by my mother, and because there were 10 or so kids, there was no time for individual attention.

I remember in the Carpenter version, you got acquainted with the characters and really knew them..

You had that in the Carpenter version, and you have that in this prequel.

There’s always your initial trepidation about doing a remake, but that was alleviated by the fact that it was a prequel.

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

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

Fortitude is a great help in distress.

Fully secure systems don’t exist today and they won’t exist in the future.

Give yourself a moment, to breathe, to love, to heal and to live.

I lay the clothes out on the floor with the shoes and socks,

It’s disheartening that animal people criticize societies that enlist the help of actors or organize creative acts like ‘I’d rather go naked than wear fur,’ to increase public awareness to our cause.

They are intelligent beings in their own right, and thoroughly self-sufficient… if not molested by humans.

I’m not saying that negatively. It’s healthy.

Love has both its gall and honey in abundance: it has sweetness to the taste, but it presents bitterness also to satiety.