I decided in my life that I would do nothing that did not reflect positively on my father's life.

I knew what it was to be uncomfortable in a movie theater watching unfolding on the screen images of myself - not me, but black people - that were uncomfortable.

My father was very big on marriage.

I was not the kind of a principal player that was so in demand that eight or 10 or 12 scripts came per month.

We all suffer from the preoccupation that there exists... in the loved one, perfection.

An appreciable number of directors have shifted to lower-cost films, allowing them to be satisfied with a more modest return.

I had learned something of Miami from people who had visited there, so I knew what to expect.