In America, I am brown, I’m “of colour”, so I would be offered Latin roles and I’ve fought against that. I don’t want to be put in a category, to be just offered the same sort of thing. For me, it’s all about different roles, telling the stories of the great writers.
I’ve never been in any country for more than four years and I’m learning different languages all the time. It gives you a different attitude. It could either fuck you up because you don’t know where you belong or it can take you a different way and it can enrich you. I feel very lucky because, although I feel like an outsider, it makes you an excellent observer – and that’s what you need as an actor. {x}