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

[Rose from "Fences"] couldn't just jump out there. Not just because of economic reasons but because how she was looked at in society at the time. There were a lot of factors that made you stay I guess.

Hate put me in prison. Love's gonna bust me out.

Hate, hatred for yourself, for other people, will confine you, but love can set you free.

For me, success is inner peace. That's a good day for me.

I worked with Sidney Lumet years ago, and we had a long rehearsal process, and he would tape out the entire set on the stage, so I stole that from him.

[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.