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!

It just happened that we did [Fences] seven years ago on Broadway. Scott Rudin brought me August Wilson's original screenplay for it, and I realized I hadn't read the play. So I read it. Then I realized that Troy (my character) was 53 - and I was 55 at the time. I realized I better hurry up! I might be too old!

You'll see some great performances [in Fences]. And I'm not just saying that because I directed it either! You'll see!

I'd be more frightened by not using whatever abilities I'd been given. I'd be more frightened by procrastination and laziness.

I'm a positive person, so I don't get bogged down with it. If you're expecting that, if you wall in that, if you practice that, then you'll attract what you fear.

In the movie I realized, I had the luxury of getting to see how the other person feels.

One good thing about acting in film is that it's good therapy.