Once you begin to explain or excuse all events on racial grounds, you begin to indulge in the perilous mythology of race.
James Earl JonesI was as content Off-Broadway as I was in a big Hollywood movie, and, I just try to be content wherever I am, you know.
James Earl JonesBefore my grandpa built his own church, we went to the neighboring town, and it was a white community. You know, up north, mostly middle European people and Indians, Chippewa Indians. We were welcome to that church, but once we got in, they didn't know what to do with us.
James Earl JonesOne day, my youngest uncle - the other one who was first to go to college, Randy - and I were sitting out on the front porch. And he was brilliant. He ended up - he just retired from Boeing Aircraft in Wichita, Kansas.
James Earl Jones