Fatigue, discomfort, discouragement are merely symptoms of effort.

"You are the actor, and I understand we already had our sit down, you explained your concept, your view," so I said, "Okay, I'm in your hands." That means that if you've got to nudge me a little bit to the right I move to the right, just from the pressure, weight, but you won't have to touch me at all. You can come and go "Okay, you want me over here a little bit more," so no pressure on us at all that's easy to do.

Actors cannot work against each other. It's totally impossible.

I like the character roles. Somewhere back there I really came to the conclusion in my mind that the difference between acting and stardom was major. And that if you become a star, people are going to go to see you. If you remain an actor, they're going to go and see the story you're in.

The trick to any profession is making it look easy.

And finding the hat, I always like to find the hat. And then props just dress the set. It's all fabulous.

I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American history.