When you trust the director you want to trust his or her choices. I don't want to say, 'No, I don't like this girl or that guy," when the director really loves them. No, you want to go with what the director likes.

We live in a time when people give up too easy.

I never really had the classic struggle. I had faith.

There's a book called "The Sociopath Next Door." I thought most sociopaths were violent. In fact, they aren't. But almost all sociopaths want to win, no matter what.

I've just directed a film called The Great Debaters, which is inspired by a true story about a young college debating team in the thirties and two of those people are still alive and we put them on tape on the film and I'm sure that will be added to the DVD, and to get the opportunity to do that is very cool.

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

My role 14 years ago in Richard III - that was the first time I played a bad guy and learned a lot about it - they have all the fun!