With any character I do, I do my due diligence with research. — Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Copy Share Image
The only way I know how to deliver is to focus; some people can turn it on or off - I'd rather… — Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Copy Share Image
I'm very much the type of actor that once I embody the character, I could stay in it from the beginning to… — Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Copy Share Image
Also, I'd like to play an athlete again, while I'm still physically fit, or a musician, like Nat King Cole, because I… — Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Copy Share Image
I've played many criminals, but I loved playing somebody on the right side of the law who had a family and who… — Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Copy Share Image
Multifaceted and textured characters are always more intriguing to me. You never really just want to play one note. It becomes a… — Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Copy Share Image
As an actor, you really want to resonate with your audience. I played a character on Oz and people still approach me… — Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Copy Share Image
Certainly, I look for different characters 'cause I always like to keep people guessing, and I also don't like to get typecast. — Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Copy Share Image
To play these twisted, tormented characters is very draining. You have to sit in the pocket of that character for the duration… — Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Copy Share Image
I'm known for playing bad guys, so this was an interesting departure from what I'm known to play, which is a softer,… — Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Copy Share Image
I remember in the Carpenter version, you got acquainted with the characters and really knew them. It was a real character piece.… — Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Copy Share Image
I grew up watching 'Rambo' and 'Rocky' and all of those movies, so you have a surreal moment, even as an actor,… — Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Copy Share Image
Certainly, I look for different characters 'cause I always like to keep people guessing, and I also don't like to get typecast.… — Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Copy Share Image
What you desire, as an actor, is to have an impact. That's why you did it. You want to move people, and… — Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Copy Share Image
What is a shame is that there isn't stuff that is as great as 'Oz' on a consistent level around today. — Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Copy Share
To play these twisted, tormented characters is very draining. You have to sit in the pocket of that character for the duration of the… — Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Copy Share
It's the ones that deal with the inner fear, the unknown realms and the mysticisms that are scary. You had that in the Carpenter… — Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Copy Share
And then, with a European director and Norwegian actors speaking in Norwegian, it was going to be very interesting. So, whatever initial trepidation or… — Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Copy Share
I think that what 'Oz' did is it spawned a great generation of television production. But people know its place in television and just… — Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Copy Share
Those films that really speak to the primal fear that we, as human beings, have about the unknown have always intrigued me. That's the… — Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Copy Share
When you're a large black man in Hollywood, the obvious stereotype is one of force and menace. — Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Copy Share
Certainly, I look for different characters 'cause I always like to keep people guessing, and I also don't like to get typecast. — Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Copy Share
I've played many criminals, but I loved playing somebody on the right side of the law who had a family and who had ethics. — Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Copy Share
I'm just looking to explore every medium to express my talent, but I think mostly it's going to be a focus on features. — Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Copy Share
By the time I was 16, I was someone to reckon with. I was so eager to repudiate any connection with any immigrant race,… — Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Copy Share
I don't really look at genre. I mean, sometimes you might be playing heavies a lot, and you're like, 'Hey, it'd be nice to… — Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Copy Share
It's a significant question: should black people only adopt black children, and white people white children? — Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Copy Share
