Learning how to be still, to really be still and let life happen - that stillness becomes a radiance.

I was a B student in math, simply because my teachers liked me, as an actor.

Stage is really hard work. You've got to do it every night. Not like doing it once and walking away.

The main thing about awards in movies is that they can serve as an economic surge for the film. If you're movie gets nominated for any award it does it a big favour. People might go and see it again... they won't give up on it.

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

I am impatient with directors who don't know what they want, and the way you don't know what they want is because they want to do one more. "Let's do one more." So, "What for?" I guarantee you there's not going to be a change.

I'm always trying new things and learning new things. If there isn't anything more you can learn - go off and die.