I actually don't hang out with any celebrities. My closest friends are old friends. And my real close friends, none of them are actors.

I even asked [Saniyya Sidney] why she wanted to be an actor and she said, "I'm serious about this. These other little kids they want to play, and I don't have time for that."

I'm a logic monster, if things don't make sense I gotta make sense of them.

Just stick with your kids. There's no set of rules on how to be a parent. No handbook. Just hang around your kids and ask them a lot of questions. You have to stay involved in your children's lives and monitor everything they're doing whether they like it or not. You're not in the job of making them like it. You're there to protect them in a world that can be troubling.

Viola [Davis] is one of the great actors of her generation. She has one of these moments in the theater that I don't even know how to describe.

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

[Having monologue] are talking to somebody even if it's just to yourself, convince yourself if that's what you're trying to do.