Don't aspire to make a living, aspire to make a difference.

It just happened that we did [Fences] seven years ago on Broadway. Scott Rudin brought me August Wilson's original screenplay for it, and I realized I hadn't read the play. So I read it. Then I realized that Troy (my character) was 53 - and I was 55 at the time. I realized I better hurry up! I might be too old!

I've always seen it to be a privilege to make movies. It's a really expensive, creative medium.

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.

I always say the time to worry about flying is when you're on the ground. If you don't trust the captain, don't go.

The last few years I've been saying I was ready to quit. It wasn't that interesting to me. Now that I'm directing, it's all new again.

I'm not a film buff. I don't watch a lot of movies.