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.

Attacking People With Disabilities is the Lowest Display of Power I Can Think Of

Flip on the news and watch how we treat the Batman theater shooter and the Oregon mall shooter like celebrities. Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris are household names, but do you know the name of a single ‘victim’ of Columbine?

When I was a teenager, I began to settle into school because I'd discovered the extracurricular activities that interested me: music and theater.

I don't have to do anything. The character is shaped on the page.

I have four children and nine grandchildren. I'm presently wearing out my second wife.

Somebody once said to me after I'd done "Deep Impact," "What is it like to play a Black president," and I said, "I didn't play a Black president. I played a president. I just happened to be Black. There's a difference.