Dakota Fanning is a child, but she is a wonderful actor. I don't know what a child actor is. She's an actor who's a child.

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.

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

Every punch that's thrown is mine. Every punch that's caught, I catch.

I called Scott Rudin, and I told him I wanted to do the play [Fences], so that's how the ball got rolling. I never said, "I'll do the play, and the next year I'll do the film, I just wanted to do the play."

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

Money doesn't buy happiness. Some people say it's a heck of a down payment, though.