When I did 'Good Guys Wear Black,' I had a lot of dialogue in that movie.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
In every movie I do have a dialogue.
I liked the fact that there were so many different representations of black women and black men in the movie. It wasn't like we all had the same agenda.
One movie I come back to time and again is 'The Hustler.' I don't think there's better dialogue in any film.
I think the whole stigma of 'black movies' is slowly being lost. When you look at movies like '12 Years A Slave,' to 'The Butler,' to 'The Best Man,' to 'Ride Along,' to even 'Think Like a Man' from last year - these movies are just good movies.
When Kubrick decided to go the black comedy route with his movie, he thought of me to give it that flavor.
I think a lot of black filmmakers have done very well.
Michael Jackson wanted to be in Men in Black II. He told me he had seen the first Men in Black in Paris and had stayed behind and sat there and wept. I had to explain to him that it was a comedy.
I grew up watching those blaxploitation movies. Ron O'Neal, Richard Roundtree, Jim Brown, Pam Grier. For the first time, I saw 'The Negro' get one over on 'The Man.'
One of the things I have an allergic reaction to playing, especially as a black actor, is the mandatory kind of best friend/cop/detective type. You will never see me in that movie.
I watch these old films in black and white, and suddenly the door opens, and there I am. The other day, I was wearing the most awful hat.