You know, be an actor because you love to act. Don't be an actor because you think you're going to get famous, because that's luck.

[On writing to Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple:] I told her I would play a Venetian blind, dirt on the floor, anything.

I say if you're worried, vote smart. Vote smart.

I don't think in terms of failure....I don't feel like anyone outside of me should be setting limitations. People should be encouraged to shoot for the moon.

When you are kind to someone in trouble, you hope they'll remember and be kind to someone else. And it'll become like a wildfire.

You know, be an actor because you love to act. Don't be an actor because you think you're going to get famous, because that's luck.

Actors have no color. That's the art form.