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

In fact, someone was telling me that Gladiator was the one film where Ridley Scott didn't take a producer's credit. And it won. But this guy changed the industry twice; with Aliens which was a whole new way of looking at things and Blade Runner that was also a whole new way of looking at things.

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

Taking the money from drug operations and all that sort of stuff is something that goes past what most of us in society would expect a policeman should do. That temptation hits the police force at the same time as the temptation to take those drugs that are readily available hits the people on the streets.

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.

I never really had the classic struggle. I had faith.

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.