I'm not trying to defend him, the Amin I found was not a good man.

The key is that I'm trying to keep growing and trying to keep learning and deepen my connection in every way, in my life, in my work. That's what I do when I look at a role.

It rests in the hands of the common person as well as those with the power to shape humanity's course toward a world where every child, woman and man's most basic needs are met.

I fell through a stage once. I was doing a truly African dance, and all of a sudden, I hit the ground with my foot and went straight through the stage. I guess they didn't have much money, so the floor was kind of rotting.

When I first decided to act Amin, I had that perception of Amin as presented by the west,

was a chance to expand myself and deepen my connection with the universe and with God.