Q) What are the recent projects that you are working on?

A) I have two movies coming out. On April 9th, I have Date Night with Tina Fey and Steve Carell and then Karate Kid in theaters June 11th. I just wrapped an independent film called The Good Doctor with Rob Morrow and Orlando Bloom.

Q) Please tell us about the premise for the movie Date Night and about your character Detective Arroyo.

A) I play Detective Arroyo. She's a very overworked woman with kids and a family. She's the only one that believes Steve and Tina's story. They are being chased by the mafia because of mistaken identity. It's a cockamamie story and they're a kookie couple. It's a world of craziness meeting her reality. It was really hard watching Steve Carell and Tina Fey cut up in front of your very eyes. I blew a lot of takes laughing!

Q) What made you want to be a part of the film?

A) Tina Fey, Steve Carell and Shawn Levy (the director)!

Q) Was there instant cast chemistry or did it take some time to develop?

A) They are nice people and I'm a nice person so it just worked. They're not difficult people and I'm not difficult. We love what we do as artists and show up to work to play.

Q) What was the most challenging aspect of your role?

A) Staying straight! I had to play it straight and not laugh. That was the hardest challenge for me. I'm really silly and I wanted to join in on the fun, but I couldn't.

Q) What was your most memorable moment from filming Date Night?

A) Steve Carell is a sweater. Everybody knows because he tells everyone he is hot natured. So, he keeps the set really, really cool. Then, there is always this little tent for all the regular people with heaters in it. We're talking about Spring going into Summer and we had heaters going on in that.

Q) What was it like working with director Shawn Levy?

A) It was great! I remember meeting him for the first time and when they were interested in me doing the part. I went and met with him and we clicked right away. I'm the type of person who is very aware of energies. There was just something about him. Of course, he's an incredible director from filming this and that, but there was just something about him that I wanted to work with him. We clicked right away! We got it. Everything he said about the characters and what I saw, we agreed on everything.

Q) Why do you think people will want to take their time to see the film?

A) It's a chance to forget about all the craziness going on in the world and just laugh. You can sit back and forget bills and laugh. Laughter is therapy. If you're not laughing, you're not living, in my opinion.

Q) You mentioned recently working on the upcoming Karate Kid film. What was it like working on an iconic film trilogy?

A) What's funny to me is that the producers didn't think they would get me. This was right after I was nominated for an Oscar and I was away working on a Tyler Perry film. I remember my manager calling me and saying they're doing a Karate Kid remake with Jayden Smith. I said, "Oh my God! I wanna do it! I wanna do it!" We thought someone else was in the mix. Cut to me getting the job and we're now in Beijing working. I'm talking to everyone there and they say, "Oh my God! I'm so glad we got you." It's so weird that you don't really know what's going on because here I was sweating for the job and they wanted me the whole time. I said, "Are you guys crazy? I wanted to do this!" They are looking at me like, "Huh?!" You would have to be an idiot not to see that's going to be a hit. Then, you have the likes of Will Smith, James Lassiter, Jayda Pinkett-Smith and the whole level of quality work that Overbrook Films brings, Come on! That's the perfect storm right there.

Q) You are active on Twitter. Why do you think social networks have become a big part of promotion for films and television?

A) I wasn't always sold on all of that. For a while I had imposters on Facebook. There were two pages that I didn't know about until I joined Twitter. Mary J. Blije is how I got on Twitter. She and I both had the standpoint that we wouldn't do Twitter because we didn't want people in our business. Bah humbug! Then, we talked to Ludacris and he said, "Oh no! You have to do it! If you're doing an independent film and nobody knows about it you can tell people about it." I said, "I don't want to do that. If the work is good, people will find it." I tried to stay old school, but times are changing. Everything is being geared to the Internet. Then, when I started picking my business mind, I thought I had to do it. I told my friend said, "Anyone now considering themselves in this industry, it would behoove you to get apart of technology because that's where we are headed." I went on Twitter and that's how I found out about the imposters on Facebook. I had to get a lawyer and that was a mess because they were asking for donations under my name! So, I had my lawyers get involved and they shut it down. My really good friend said I shouldn't shut it down completely and that I should just combine the pages and get them under my control. At the time, I had around five hundred thousand fans on Facebook and now I have over a million! I read everything that people post, but I don't have time to reply to everyone. I want my followers to get a sense of who I am because my fans are everything. If I don't have fans then I don't have a career. I love my fans! So, I only promote when it is time. I think people tune in to Twitter so that you can feel the person in a different way that you don't. It's more tangible.

Q) What would you like to say to all your fans and supporters?

A) I'm always telling them I love them. I just give them a bit of advice with the things I go through. We learn from each other. That's what I try to do on Twitter. I say, "This is what I'm going through today. Maybe it will help somebody or bring some light into their situation."