Adewale akinnuoye-agbaje

When a child wants to be accepted, he'll do anything. And if it means you're getting a certain amount of notoriety from a fight, that's what you'll do.

Well, filming in Hawaii, you know, is a blessing. It's one of the most beautiful places on this planet. It has a very mystic energy which informs you as an actor.

I've played different nationalities, and everything from vulnerable to strong to crooked to demented. It just increases your possibilities of work because, if people know you can do just about...

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

I wanted to wash off the experience of Africa but obviously I couldn't because that's who I was.

You really have to act your pants off to stay alive. I thrive on that; I rise to the occasion of the circumstances.

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

Also, I'd like to play an athlete again, while I'm still physically fit, or a musician, like Nat King Cole, because I play the trumpet and sing. I'd like to incorporate that into a character.

My father was a lorry driver, very rarely at home. The house was run by my mother, and because there were 10 or so kids, there was no time for individual attention. It was about survival. It was about...

Personally, I love Toronto.