I am going to stop calling you a white man and I'm going to ask you to stop calling me a black man.

If you're playing somebody who is not you, then you can imagine that you are that person. You can feel like he feels, move like he moves, look like he looks - in your own mind.

If you live a life of make-believe, your life isn't worth anything until you do something that does challenge your reality. And to me, sailing the open ocean is a real challenge, because it's life or death.

I have never acted he has never been cast in a romantic lead or has been cast opposite a female love interest in any movie he starred in.