If I wasn't acting, I have no clue what I'd be doing 'cause I have no other talent.

I don't think you're going to get nominated every time you jump out of the box.

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

I would never complain that Hollywood is racist when I'm one of the people touted as a welcome entity there.

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.

So if I believe in God, and I do, it's because I think I'm God.

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