It's simple: You get a part. You play a part. You play it well. You do your work and you go home. And what is wonderful about movies is that once they're done, they belong to the people. Once you make it, it's what they see. That's where my head is at.

Put God first in everything you do.

[Fences] is just a great play to bring to the screen.

[My father] could see as far as he could see and my mother wanted us to go to college so it was a very real part of my life.

The lessons I learned in Sunday School have kept me on track

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.

Revenge is a meal best served cold.