Acting is not about anything romantic, not even fantasy, although you do create fantasy.

Ray, people will come Ray. They'll come to Iowa for reasons they can't even fathom. They'll turn up your driveway not knowing for sure why they're doing it. They'll arrive at your door as innocent as children, longing for the past. Of course, we won't mind if you look around, you'll say. It's only $20 per person. They'll pass over the money without even thinking about it: for it is money they have and peace they lack.

I mean, my people were very, very simple. They were peasant people, you know?

Actors never discuss future plans.

The world is filled with violence. Because criminals carry guns, we decent law-abiding citizens should also have guns. Otherwise, they will win and the decent people will lose.

The last thing I want to be is a rich black superstar. I just want to act.

In our resolve to build a better world... we seek to summon what Abraham Lincoln called the better angels of our nature.