edwards, youmes know, roscoe lee brown, ossie davis, they did everything.hat i saw as a young kid who was thinking about acting. if i become an actor, that is who i want to be. they did everything. james earl jones. i've seen them in a multitude of things. al freeman junior, really journeyman actors -- journeymen actors. i remember all the different plays that they have done. did the -- jones godfrey cambridge. i think of men like that. i kind of base my career on being the journeyman actor, as being as diverse as possible. to go from "the wire" to "tremÉ" "the michael j. fox show to -- to "the michael j. fox show," all while still producing -- we won a tony -- it is that diversity a pride myself on. tavis: how does comedy tester chops? >> comedy tests your chops, especially in children when you are doing comedy on stage, it's great. you have the audience to read they are like another actor in the scene. you feed off of them. quiet,, when everyone is it is all about timing. the key to that is to be authentic. once again, be in the moment. if you play the mo