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

Success? I don't know what that word means. I'm happy. But success, that goes back to what in somebody's eyes success means. For me, success is inner peace. That's a good day for me.

Don't get all sentimental on me, Makes me think I'm gonna die.

[Movie "Fences"] is more than holds up today. We have had a tremendous response at the screenings.

Do what you gotta do so you can do what you wanna do.

I think the bottom of the totem pole is African-American women, or women of colour. I think they get the least opportunities in Hollywood.

I had the kid [on "Fences" ] who understudied me so I could stand back and think about shots so he had to learn the blocking and everything. I'd come in early sometimes, and they 'd be in there rehearsing and working on their stuff. I didn't want them to feel like, "Oh these are people who can't be touched." We're all working actors; we're all trying to get better.