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.

People tend to relax when they're off camera. That's when they should be working the hardest.

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

Everybody has a job to do. There are people in Iraq on both sides of this war who do what they do for religious reasons, and they feel with God on their side. Some people are good at annihilating people. Maybe that's their gift.

My faith helps me understand that circumstances don't dictate my happiness, my inner peace.

I didn't realise that Ridley Scott has never won an Academy Award.

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