Don't get all sentimental on me, Makes me think I'm gonna die.

Man gives you the award but God gives you the reward.

If I am a cup maker, I'm interested in making the best cup I possibly can. My effort goes into that cup, not what people think about it.

My mother never gave up one me. I messed up in school so much they were sending me home, but my mother sent me right back.

There's racism everywhere.

What we did [shooting "Fences"] was we got young students from Carnegie Mellon, the acting and theater students, and we had them as our understudies. I told them, "You have to be off book and be ready. If Viola [Davis] has to leave you have to jump in."

We'll all retire from life at some point. The great thing about acting is you don't necessarily have to retire.