JUST THE FACTSBIRTHDAY: January 31, 1965 Current Reading Material: Octavia E. Butler's collection of stories and essays, Bloodchild: And Other Stories, "I've started thinking about expanding one story into a screenplay." Who He Roots for in Comic Books: "Early on, I developed an interest in the 'anti-'. I like the guy that people don't know is really trying to do good -- even if he might not do it in the way you'd want him to do it." Proof That All Comic Book Employees Don't Look Like the Guy on THE SIMPSONS: "After I finished acting school, when I was about 21, I used to manage a comic book store. I got paid in books, and I would have to get acting jobs to eat." On Visiting Senegal and Tracing His Roots to the Wolof Tribe: "They look like my family. We're all pretty big, physically. When I was there, they'd ask me, 'Football?' And I'd say, 'No, I'm an actor.' And they'd look at me like, 'What a waste! You poor thing.' "
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