I came across the script [42], and I read it, and I said, "I really want to do this." And when I had my agent call, they said, ah, you know, it's not what they're looking for. So, OK. And then I let it go for a while, and then it just kept gnawing at me, so I kept pushing.

I shaved my hairline back and dyed my hair and wore a little powder, a little paint, a fat suit, and I changed my voice, but the emotions were consistent with what the point of the scene [with Branch Rickey] was.

I believe that the racial injustice which existed such a short time ago probably would have persisted longer if the color barrier had not been broken in baseball.

People need to see what's going on, and they have to be exposed to the mechanisms that can help make it right.

The only ambition I ever had going into and committing to wanting to be an actor was to live my life.

The kindest word to describe my performance in school was Sloth.

I was never that much a focus of interest in my career. I'm aware of that now, which doesn't give me a lot of pleasure.