[on acting in blaxploitation movies] To me, it was amusement and I looked at it like this: I basically played myself. I never did anything that I had to go outside myself to do. Playing yourself isn't the easiest thing in the world, because you have to be very relaxed and be conscious of what you do in order to do what they want and do both well at the same time. I think real actors, when you talk about James Earl Jones and people like that, they can play other people. Their craft is to be somebody else perfectly. I played myself and I sincerely believe that Fred Williamson plays himself. That's the way I saw it.
