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

Challenge yourself; it’s the only path which leads to growth.

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.

I was lucky in that when the opportunity came, I was prepared to meet it.

Everybody works the same, but the preparation very often may be different. You cannot work differently. You have to say the words that were written on the page, and you have to make your marks. That's the work.

The best way to confront, or deal with, technological innovation is to keep moving technologically.

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.