I lay in the bed at the hospital and said, 'let's see what I have left.' And I could see, I could speak, I could think, I could read. I simply tabulated my blessings, and that gave me a start.
I just play him as myself, I don't ease myself into any role really. I stick a beard on and play me.
My mother is Irish, my father is black and Venezuelan, and me - I'm tan, I guess.