The Fresh Prince was one of the greatest jobs Ive ever had. Were all still like a family. I see cast members all the time, and we still get together. I hang out with Will a bunch, and weve worked together in different capacities. Its been pretty cool.
I kind of look as the past as the past, and I always want to move forward. They dont really pay for me to do the commentaries, so it kind of doesnt make sense. Its, like, just go ahead and enjoy the show, whether you watch the DVDs or go to Nick at Nite and watch it.
My job is to do the work, and how many people watch it, the reception that it gets, and all of that is just business. My job is to go in, do the role, and do the best job that I can do. It doesnt matter whether youre on NBC, CBS, UPN, The WB, or whatever. It doesnt matter. Your job is to go in and do that job to the best of your ability every week.
Seth Green is a good buddy of mine. We worked together years and years and years before, and it was nice to go in and hang out with him in the studio for a day and do a little play there.
Once youve done Broadway, youd better be able to sing! Yeah, Ive been singing my whole life, and I had records out when I was a teenager. They were surprised because they didnt know, but Ive been doing it my whole life.
I personally think that IMDB and some of those Wikipedia things are absolutely ridiculous, because I have been trying to write in to them and tell them, ‘I didnt do this,’ and they never change it. Like, supposedly, my parents are from the Dominican Republic. My parents are from Trinidad and Tobago!
People grow and they change, and I’m sure in your life there have been times when someone said something to you that made you go, ‘Wow, youre right, I have to take a new approach on that.’ And thats what life is about: growing. And I think characters should do the same.
I actually couldnt do ‘Dancing with the Stars’ because they said I have so much experience, which I really dont because I never trained professionally. Its just very interesting to me that I’m almost known for being a dancer and I was never a real dancer.
You never really understand how difficult it is to host a game. All of a suddenI’m the person who navigates the game for the contestants, and I have to be aware of all the possibilities and all of the different things that could happen in the game.
Michael Jackson was my idol. I loved him to death. I could dance like him. I could sing like him, and it was great career-wise.
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