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

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

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

It was a real character piece.

They were two superior eels at the bottom of the tank and they recognized each other like italics.

It seemed the harmonious echo from our discordant life.

Although man is not armed by nature nor is naturally swiftest in flight, yet he has something better by far – reason.

Nobody lives up to the norms that God had in mind when he first created human beings.

You can’t fight a battle you don’t think exists.

Play is the creation of value that is not necessary.

We expressed our readiness to join the US-led, international coalition against Daesh with special forces.

The test of any man lies in action.