I pray that you all put your shoes way under the bed at night so that you gotta get on your knees in the morning to find them. And while you're down there thank God for grace and mercy and understanding. We all fall short of the glory, we all got plenty.

That's what I tell young actors. "You don't have to compromise. Go do some theater and wait for an appropriate role."

There is nothing good or bad, except by comparison" (209) - "Effort is Everything" by Bud Selig

When you look in one direction where Troy's chair was, you could see out through the yard across the street, there was an old cork bar advertisement for five cents. We wanted it to feel like this was real life [in Fences] and that it extended blocks and blocks.

Money doesn't buy happiness. Some people say it's a heck of a down payment, though.

Michelle Pfeiffer hasn't been finding a lot of work recently because she doesn't like what a woman her age is offered. That's a real double standard. You get Sean Connery, who gets older and older, still playing opposite young ladies, but it doesn't work the other way around.

There's racism everywhere.