Eriq La Salle
Eriq La Salle
Eriq La Salleis an American actor, director, writer and producer known for his portrayals of Darryl in the 1988 comedy film Coming to America and Dr. Peter Benton in the NBC drama series ER...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth23 July 1962
CountryUnited States of America
believe
It's my company and I believe in the company that's why I started it.
choice good moving promoting since sitting whether
Ever since I've left, I've been doing nothing but this film and traveling, promoting and doing festivals. So the good thing is that I'm not sitting around pining over whether I made the right choice in leaving. I'm moving and grooving.
budget days directing extremely nineteen producing
Acting, directing and producing in a film when you have no budget and only nineteen days makes it extremely, extremely difficult.
insomnia white people
The Sixth Sense is not a good white film. Insomnia is not a good white film. They're just good films. So why we can't we have good films that happen to have black people, or Asian, or Latino, or any other minority group in them?
psychological thrillers heard
You can't do psychological thrillers. There's no audience. I've heard this. I've heard this from studios.
difference lay underwear work
So It's not like I go from being this disciplined person who has to get up and go to work to now I just lay around all day in my underwear eating Cheerios. I have this structure. I still have to do this and the difference is I'm doing this for me and my company.