- Most of my former students will tell you that Mr. Harvey can be very intense in the classroom. I teach the way Pat Summitt coached. Pat coached at full throttle during a game. She was a strong disciplinarian with her players, & I'm the same way with my students. My tough love teaching style did not make me the most popular teacher on campus, & I was called into the principal's office a couple of times. However, several of my favorite students have gone on to Harvard, Cornell, Wellesley, etc. I have no regrets.
- Twenty years from now, if they do an African American version of Game of Thrones, I have to play Tywin Lannister. I understand & appreciate all of his motivations. Other actors hope to get older & play King Lear. I want to get older & play Tywin Lannister.
- If I hadn't been an actor, I definitely would have become a federal agent. My first choices were FBI, DEA, or Secret Service. When I was a kid all of my friends wanted to be the bad guy like Al Capone. Not me. I wanted to be Elliot Ness or Wyatt Earp. I was always the cop when we played cops & robbers.
- The movie To Sir with Love had a major impact on my life. Sidney Poitier's performance made me want to be an actor. His character in the movie made me want to teach. I'm so fortunate to have done both. That being said, my favorite movie of all time is The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. I've seen it over 70 times. I can't stop watching it.
- My favorite TV character of all time is Hawk from Spenser: For Hire. Spenser wasn't a hit TV show, but I never missed an episode. I waited with anticipation for whenever Hawk would appear. He was the coolest, smoothest, toughest, & most charismatic guy I had ever seen. Avery Brooks was tailor made to play Hawk. He perfectly nailed it.
- As a radio DJ for 14 years I was exposed to a wide variety of music, & hands down my favorite song of all time is The Star of a Story by Heatwave. I've heard it over a thousand times, & it still hypnotizes me. When I'm 107 years old, on my death bed, & the doctor says I have only a few minutes to live...someone please put that song on for me.
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