In the movie I realized, I had the luxury of getting to see how the other person feels.
There's racism everywhere.
The poorest people are the sweetest people.
[Martin] Scorsese probably could have directed Schindler's List and [Steven] Spielberg probably could have directed Goodfellas. But it's as much to do with the difference in culture as it is with race.
I've been fortunate. I don't pick scripts. Scripts pick me.
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.