I'm a logic monster, if things don't make sense I gotta make sense of them.

We had a guy, a gentlemen by the name of Mr. Greenleaf who lived behind the house we were shooting [Fences], and he was like a part of the movie.He would come downstairs, and he couldn't hear well to say, "Ya'll want some coffee?"

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

I’ve found that nothing in life is worthwhile unless you take risks.

Black or white good parts are hard to come by. A good actor with a good opportunity has a shot; without the opportunity it doesn't matter how good you are.

I called Scott Rudin, and I told him I wanted to do the play [Fences], so that's how the ball got rolling. I never said, "I'll do the play, and the next year I'll do the film, I just wanted to do the play."

I still have my unemployment books and I remember when I worked for the sanitation department and the post office.