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

I was very lucky once I got started with a career. I happened to get some really good parts to play with some really good people to play with.

This kid came up with Napster, and before that, none of us thought of content protection.

I like producing but acting is the quintessential me, and I'm probably better at that than I am at anything. My heart has always been in the movies.

I think you take a job, you owe it as much passion as the job itself demands. And most jobs demand that you be totally committed.

Very often, you know, you stop walking because you say, 'Well, I'm tired of climbing this hill. I'm never going to get to the top.' And you're only two steps from the top.