If you have an enemy, then learn and know your enemy, don't just be mad at him or her.

It's not easy for me to admit that I've been standing in the same place for 18 years.

Fall forward. Here's what I mean: Reggie Jackson struck out 2,600 times in his career - the most in the history of baseball. But you don't hear about the strikeouts. People remember the home runs. Fall forward. Thomas Edison conducted 1,000 failed experiments. Did you know that? I didn't either - because number 1,001 was the light bulb. Fall forward. Every failed experiment is one step closer to success.

When you look in one direction where Troy's chair was, you could see out through the yard across the street, there was an old cork bar advertisement for five cents. We wanted it to feel like this was real life [in Fences] and that it extended blocks and blocks.

You start to find a rhythm and usually if it makes me laugh or comment in the editing room then I knew that's what's going to happen in the audience. That first reaction is usually the right reaction.

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

The secret to a happy marriage? Do whatever your wife tells you. 'Yes, dear.' And breathe.