>> one of the things that i learned in the process of dealing with lee archer and roscoe brown was thatto be extremely assertive, but disciplined about what you were doing. you can be passionate about what you have to say, but you cannot become emotional. the moment you become emotional it is discarded as some emotional idea. as long as you spoke it as a factual and intelligent man and prenen a a a a a a a a logical platform, it had to be taken seriously. it had to be considered, and that's something that we need to really learn and exercise because we have a tendency when things get out of control to get out of control with it, and forget that the stature of a man is his levelheadedness. >> that's one of the lessons you offer his character because your character will sometimes fly off the handle in the face of racism. >> absolutely. this is a rite of passage movie. it's about going from a boy to a man and we're full of potential when we're young in this way, but what terence's character represents to me is an opportunity to be guided, an opportunity to take the talent and the strength