“Those films that really speak to the primal fear that we, as human beings, have about the unknown have always intrigued me.”

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

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.

All things keep on in everlasting motion, Out of the infinite come the particles, Speeding above, below, in endless dance.

The natural response to evaluation is to feel judged. We have to mature to a place where we respond to it with gratitude, and love feedback.

In terms of what I’m looking for, I’d like to do a lead action role.

Food faddists and crackpots have kicked it pretty cruelly . . .

It is upon us whether we will it or not.

First you must build a home in yourself before you start inviting people in.

I seek the utmost pleasure and the least pain.

Fear is the mother of all gods.