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

Whilst I’m still young and I still have the looks

I’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.

The axe is fifteen pounds

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.

The sinner is not the one who uses a lot of grace. The saint burns grace like a 747 burns fuel on take off.

When you fly from temptation, don’t leave a forwarding address. Where there’s smoke there’s fire.

He whom the gods love dies young, while he is in health, has his senses and his judgments sound.

There must be other, less cruel ways of obtaining knowledge.

Never trust the calm sea when she shows her false alluring smile.

Courage is what preserves our liberty, safety, life, and our homes and parents, our country and children. Courage comprises all things.

The free press is the mother of all our liberties and of our progress under liberty.

I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.