No one asked me to be an actor, so no one owed me. There was no entitlement.

Trying to make someone fall in love with you is about as pointless as trying to control who you fall in love with.

No one asked me to be an actor, so no one owed me. There was no entitlement.

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 do not know if it is true that all actors want to direct and all directors want to act, but in 1972 I tried directing and decided I had better stick to acting.

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.

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