Don't be afraid of what you want. This is your time. The barriers are down.

How are we going to get rid of racism? Stop talking about it!

I do know there are a lot of people who seem to be in my corner, and that's, of course, wonderful. I'm really more interested in the nomination than in the award, because I think the nomination just puts you within a group of outstanding actors.

You measure yourself by the people who measure themselves by you.

Someone's always going to come down on the side of the fence.

There's an exercise we do where someone is sat behind you and you're asked to close your eyes and fall backwards. That's acting.

Costume is always an asset. Normal costume you have a lot to say about - if you're wearing suits or ties, and what color you want, and how it's going to be cut, and stuff like that, and whether or not you're going to wear a hat, and blah, blah, blah. But, when you're wearing a special costume, and of course, costume is probably the second ingredient in character, script being first, I always find that the costume does a lot to cement your character, to put it firmly in mind.