You're 5 feet nothing, a hundred and nothing.

What I learned as an actor was the only way you could really do August Wilson's work, you had to leave an ounce of your essence on that stage,... Otherwise it was impossible.

Acting is the easiest money you'll ever make in your life, and directing is probably the hardest money.

Juan Hernandez was an actor out of New York, but what made Juan so great and what made Omar so great was that they both already knew how to box, so we didn't have to take them into a gym and teach them how to throw a left jab.

Because I killed a guy in real life, and because my character kills a guy onstage, they said I could never do anything this great again. I resented that.

This directing thing just sort of fell my way and landed in my lap.

I just don't want to do a movie because it paid me a lot of money.