I always wanted to be a fireman, a cop, an Indian chief, a doctor, a lawyer. I always wanted to be all these things, so I am drawn to these kinds of characters.

I like producing but acting is the quintessential me, and I'm probably better at that than I am at anything. My heart has always been in the movies.

I think you have to be left-brained, to a certain extent, to understand science. I can talk about it, but I can't do it.

The better the actor, usually the safer you feel working with.

Write something insightful. Say Morgan Freeman said it. Win at internet.

If you're playing somebody who is not you, then you can imagine that you are that person. You can feel like he feels, move like he moves, look like he looks - in your own mind.

Race seems to me to be less and less a subject worth discussing.