Whenever I get an audition to do something that is sci-fi-related, it makes me really happy because I realize that I can continue doing the work that I’m doing and continue meeting people all over the world. It does baffle my management team sometimes, though! J. August Richards Read Quote
Even when I’m playing a lawyer or a doctor, I want to play a person. A human being. J. August Richards Read Quote
Everything with Marvel is on a need-to-know basis, so I didn’t officially know until the second episode I did, which I think was the 10th episode in the season. Information is carefully guarded over there. I definitely didn’t know that I was ‘Deathlok.’ J. August Richards Read Quote
I was in fittings for the first costume even before I knew I was even going to be ‘Deathlok.’ J. August Richards Read Quote
In the ‘Angel’ days, all there was was a community that was like a chat room. If you were looking for feedback, you had to look for it. J. August Richards Read Quote
Panama’s a really wonderful country. There’s obviously the Panama Canal, which brings a lot of tourism, and a huge American influence; it’s just a mix of so many great things: African, Caribbean, Latin American Spanish, all kinds of influences there. J. August Richards Read Quote
I absolutely love working with David Boreanaz, and Charisma Carpenter I completely adore – she teaches me to dance. J. August Richards Read Quote
Marvel makes you feel like ‘Iron Man’ will show up at your front door to kill you if you say the wrong thing. J. August Richards Read Quote
I feel like my life experience is that of an outsider. Let me explain: my parents are from Panama, and they moved to the United States the year after I was born. They moved into an all-white neighborhood, where the previous black family had a cross burned on their lawn. J. August Richards Read Quote
I changed my name at 14 because no one outside of my family could pronounce my first name correctly. J. August Richards Read Quote