You just let people do what they do and look at them and give them enough rope until they do what you thought they were going to do... which is screw you over.

There are tons of stories out there. I read a lot of scripts on a weekly basis. I'm looking for stories to tell and stories that I hope will be interesting to an audience.

Young guys don't tend to want to portray people who have frailties or are less than macho.

Girl, don't make me put my foot in your ass.

I understand the rural south because I spent a lot of time in it when I was a kid and my grandfather’s brothers were farmers and I spent time on the farm when I was a kid with them walking through the fields and working and hanging out.

It was fun to be in a scene again with [my wife LaTanya Richardson]. We used to do plays together all the time. We hadn't really worked together since Losing Isaiah [1995]. That was kind of early on in both of our cinematic careers. Things have changed a little bit since then.

Because of where I come from, I never thought I'd see in my life a black candidate running for President.