Talent comes from God. If you have been given some, then value it, cultivate it, work and develop it.

I am not going to bury my son! My son is going to bury me!

Acting, it's not my life, my children and my family, that's life. I'll get up every morning, God willing, for that.

[Movie "Fences"] is more than holds up today. We have had a tremendous response at the screenings.

After directing the first film it feels kind of tricky being back to being in front of the camera, because I've always got one eye over there, kind of thinking of what they are doing, and how the shot is being composed. I think it takes a couple of films to just get back to just being an actor.

A man once told me that you step out of your door in the morning, and you are already in trouble. The only question is are you on top of that trouble or not?

I always say the time to worry about flying is when you're on the ground. If you don't trust the captain, don't go.