Any good piece of material like Shakespeare ought to be open to reinterpretation.

Taking the money from drug operations and all that sort of stuff is something that goes past what most of us in society would expect a policeman should do. That temptation hits the police force at the same time as the temptation to take those drugs that are readily available hits the people on the streets.

We rehearsed for two weeks [in "Fences"], and we taped out the whole house in the front, and the rooms, and we stood it up like a play. We tried to get off book and gave people small props.

Hate, hatred for yourself, for other people, will confine you, but love can set you free.

The secret to a happy marriage? Do whatever your wife tells you. 'Yes, dear.' And breathe.

I wasn't allowed to go to movies when I was kid; my father was a minister. 101 Dalmatians and King of Kings, that was the extent of it.

Acting, it's not my life, my children and my family, that's life. I'll get up every morning, God willing, for that.