I'll be working with Ridley's [Scott] brother, Tony, again, someone who needless to say we've had a great amount of success together. I trust him - so I won't have to think about it or I'll try not to.

If it ain't on a page, it ain't on a stage.

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

I try to encourage actors to work harder off screen because that's where you find things.

So you never know who you touch. You never know how or when you'll have an impact, or how important your example can be to someone else" (20).

When my oldest boy was about 14, I started to talk to him about some of the mistakes I made in life, just to put a few dents in that shiny armor.

It's not what you know, it's what you can prove.