There is no such thing as homophobia. It is not a fear. It is you being an asshole.

These walls are funny. First you hate 'em, then you get used to 'em. Enough time passes, you get so you depend on them. That's institutionalized.

That's your job as the actor, to understand the human part of the character, to make it real.

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

Let me tell you what justice is. Justice is the law. And that man's feeble attempt to lay down the principles of deceny.

Growing up in Mississippi, I realized that it was separate and unequal and all that, but it was still a safe place.

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