[Saniyya Sidney] was very serious about her work and her craft, and she wanted to be good, and she wanted to work on it. So I said, "Ok." It was as simple as that. She was just right. She just has it.

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

I got on my knees and sort of communicated with the spirits. When I came out, I was in charge. I couldn't have acted that, I couldn't have written that.

Denzel Washington: I like the collaboration, I like seeing people do well, so I really plan to direct the rest of my days.

In my humble opinion, in the nuclear world, the true enemy is war itself.

It's not what you know, it's what you can prove.

So you never know who you touch. You never know how or when you'll have an impact, or how important your example can be to someone else" (20).