I think the extent to which I have any balance at all, any mental balance, is because of being a farm kid and being raised in those isolated rural areas.

Love was just a word to me. Until you came along and gave it meaning.

My youngest uncle Randy and I were the first members of our entire family to ever go to college.

I love to see actors' work. I love to surf channels late at night and accidentally run into movies I hadn't seen before. It makes me very proud of the profession.

There is a very fine line between love and nausea.

I got out of the Army - in my world - I came to New York, for instance, when the civil rights movement was just beginning, and that created a certain energy, a certain rumble, a certain impetus for black actors.

I agree with my father, Albert Einstein, don't believe every quote you read on the internet.