You've heard that old expression from Shakespeare, 'Just speak the speech'? The words themselves will take you to the reality of the character. And so this led me to interview people.

You know if we were to look back and how we were in 1955 living in Jim Crow, living in segregation, living in segregated schools, it's hard to believe that it was America, but it really was.

I happen to be a hopeaholic. I tend to look at problems as an opportunity to do some work.

Discipline — both mental and physical — is crucial.

Self-esteem does not come from surrounding yourself with people and things that seem to increase your value. Real self-esteem is an integration of an inner-value with things in the world around you.

Movies, as evidenced by a chorus of protesting and celebrating Americans, influence broader trends.

I have never been in a violent movie or television show.