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

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

By the way, sitting with other mommies is probably the most frightening experience in the entire world. They're serious into mommy-shaming.

Talent comes from God. If you have been given some, then value it, cultivate it, work and develop it.

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

In 2009, Scott Rudin sent me August's [Wilson] original screenplay [Fences] and asked me what I wanted to do with it. He wanted to know if I wanted to act in it, direct it or produce it. I said, "Well, let me read it first."

Even though the story [Fences] is set during the 1950s, some contemporary women might have trouble understanding her decision.