I always think it's not what we know that's terrifying; it's what we don't know. That's sort of pervasive with everything in life.

As the filmmaker, yes, I have to look out for everybody. But I don't have to know everybody's approach.

It's simple: You get a part. You play a part. You play it well. You do your work and you go home. And what is wonderful about movies is that once they're done, they belong to the people. Once you make it, it's what they see. That's where my head is at.

I was first introduced to August Wilson in the 80s when Charles Dutton did Ma Rainey and James Earl Jones and Courtney Vance did Fences. I've long considered August Wilson to be one of the five greatest playwrights in American history.

Come on, I know bad acting when I hear it.

There's things that I can do as an actor that I couldn't do in any other form of life and I've got a strange personality. But film requires strange people, so I've got a nice comfy home.

True desire in the heart for anything good is God's proof to you sent beforehand to indicate that it's yours already.