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

Be careful what you ask for because when you pray for rain, you have to deal with the mud as well.

We know what hair smells like when a hot comb hits it. That's a cultural thing. We know what that smells like on Sunday mornings, usually church-related or something. In my house, it was getting ready for church and your sister was getting her hair fried.

I was first introduced to August Wilson in the 80s when Charles Dutton did Ma Rainey and James Earl Jones and Courtney Vance did Fences. I've long considered August Wilson to be one of the five greatest playwrights in American history.

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

As the filmmaker, yes, I have to look out for everybody. But I don't have to know everybody's approach.

Black or white good parts are hard to come by. A good actor with a good opportunity has a shot; without the opportunity it doesn't matter how good you are.