You're never going to see me playing a buffoon.

I'm so black, I leave fingerprints on coal.

Jerry Weintraub, the producer, might be a pain in the ass, but he really knows how to treat his actors.

I was born October 5, 1957, on the South Side of Chicago, in the Woodlawn area, a neighborhood that hasn't changed much in forty-five years. Our house was on 66th and Blackstone, but the city tore it down when the rats took over.

You're never going to see me playing a buffoon.

Only way you can you get upset is when you expecting something.

I know doing movies is where I need to be. That's where my audience wants to see me.