Certain Comedians Work With Certain Actors; Like

I Was Gator In Jungle Fever, And Chris Rock Played Pookie, And Those Showed Two Very Different Dynamics Of What Crackheads Were. Mine Was More About The Family Relationships. So When People Sat There And Got That, They Can Sit There And Say, "oh, Man, That's My Friend." Or "that's My Brother." Or Cousin Or Somebody. They Empathize, Or They Had Something That They Could Latch Onto, In That Particular Movie, Of My Story, And Go With It.

Sam [l.jackson] Never Asks For Another Take Because He Knows What He's Doing. He Gives You What He Thinks Is The Best Take, And He Does It On The First Take.

Doing [a Relationship Comedy] With Sam [l. Jackson] Was Exciting. I've Done A Lot Of Comedies With A Lot Of Comedy People. My Peers. I've Never Worked With Anybody Of The Kind Of Dramatic Caliber Of Movie Actor That Sam Is. It Was A Little Bit Intimidating For The First Day. Or Two... Or The First Week. Other Than That, It Was A Joy.

I Act The Way I Talk. It Probably Comes From Starting Out In Second City, Improvisational Theater. I Can Go From Take To Take. I'll Ask For Another Take.

I Trust Most People. Not Producers.