I am not one of those people who will ever be comfortable mocking or making caricatures of the stereotypes attached to any community.
People are so quick to demonize and stereotype those on the other side that they often say that it's impossible to work with people on the other side.
When you're a large black man in Hollywood, the obvious stereotype is one of force and menace.
Success on the front of women's rights will look like a world not only with obvious advances - where no girl is denied access to education, for instance - but also one with more subtle changes in how we regard gender and gender stereotypes.
I'm playing my first urban character in 'Thirudan Police.' It's an important film because I'll be breaking the stereotype that I'm only fit for rural characters with this role.
As an Italian-American, I have a special responsibility to be sensitive to ethnic stereotypes.