Delroy Lindo

Thank you for having me.

Yeah, I wish I could.

I'm going to be a messiness tonight, same as I am every Saturday night.

You ain't paying no $20 a night.

You paying $20 maybe tonight.

Tomorrow night, a week after that, nah.

I've been a messiness every Saturday night for the last 10 years.

Men's is going to be there another 10 years after that, at least.

I play, and I get as much corn liquor as I can drink.

Sinner like me, I can't ask for more than that.

So, no, it wasn't that my character began and ended with that first scene.

What it was was that the introduction was so dynamic that what happened in the second half of the screenplay, I was not as present.

I was there, but I was not as present.

And since Ryan had introduced the character, my character, Delta, Delta Slim, so dynamically, I spoke with Ryan and I said, how can we enhance my presence in the second act of the film?

And Ryan understood that.

And he assured me that we would work on enhancing my presence in the second act.

And he did.

First of all, thank you for what you just said about your grandfather, because various people have mentioned to me that that scene and my presence reminds them of an uncle or their grandfather, somebody that they knew from their families.

And that is a huge compliment.

But more importantly than being a compliment, it's an affirmation for the work.