The reason actors, artists, writers have agents is because we'll do it for nothing. That's a basic fact - you gotta do it.

If I wasn't acting, I have no clue what I'd be doing 'cause I have no other talent.

I've travelled a lot, but I am essentially American. All my input has been American.

Dr. Martin Luther King is not a black hero. He is an American hero.

Is listening important? I can't think of a single walk of life where it wouldn't be.

I find that if I hold your hand, it transfers an energy first. I have a sense of how you feel. That's important to me trying to become another person. I have a lot pressure to bring a character to life in any kind of real sense.

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.