Martin Luther King Jr. is remembered as our prince of peace, of civil rights. We owe him something major that will keep his memory alive.

I am going to stop calling you a white man and I'm going to ask you to stop calling me a black man.

You can't take credit for talent; you can only take credit for using it.

I just wanted to be an actor. It's better to be well-rounded.

I always knew that someone was going to come at me with a script to play God. It's just one of those things, the way your career is unfolding and all the talk about gravitas etc etc, so I had a strong feeling that someone was going to offer me the part of God. I was totally prepared to say, 'Thanks but no thanks,' unless it was a comedy.

Finding joy is probably tantamount to finding yourself and being comfortable in your own skin.

I don't have anybody telling me what to say. I have people who would suggest, maybe, that I shouldn't do this, that or the other, but that's strictly up to me.