We rehearsed for two weeks [in "Fences"], and we taped out the whole house in the front, and the rooms, and we stood it up like a play. We tried to get off book and gave people small props.

I never tell anyone what to take away from a movie.

In my humble opinion, in the nuclear world, the true enemy is war itself.

The only reason I'm acting in films I direct is to get the money to make them, quite frankly, it's not what I'm interested in doing.

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

When you don't understand something, you label it and condemn it" (94) - Danny Glover, "The Fundamental Things

The chances you take… the people you meet… the people you love...the faith that you have - that’s what’s going to define your life.