“I just want to keep the diversity and the options open. In terms of what I’m looking for,”

You really have to act your pants off to stay alive.

Akin is warrior or brave man

Personally, I love Toronto.

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

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..

Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather: injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.

The fire in your bones, will fuel the light in your heart that will make flowers bloom from your soul.

The sound of tireless voices is the price we pay for the right to hear the music of our own opinions.

What we see in history is not a transformation

It’s one of the most beautiful places on this planet.

Of the good things given between man and man, I say that a neighbor, true and loving in heart, to neighbor is a joy beyond all things else.

Is it just me or do the stars shine brighter when we are beneath them.

Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.