If you don't trust the pilot, don't go.

I think a role model is a mentor - someone you see on a daily basis, and you learn from them.

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

Religion to me is when man gets ahold of spirituality: "My god is right, yours is wrong." Religion to me is the human condition. "If you're a Muslim, you can't be a Christian." That to me is religion.

There are films that I don't like, and then someone will come up to me and say it's their favorite movie. The movies belong to the people. You make them and you put them out. For me, I love the process of making films. For me, my favorite film is always my next one.

You'll see some great performances [in Fences]. And I'm not just saying that because I directed it either! You'll see!

Viola [Davis] is one of the great actors of her generation. She has one of these moments in the theater that I don't even know how to describe.