So much of life, it seems to me, is determined by pure randomness.

But I always had the ability to say no. That's how I called my own shots.

The impact of the black audience is expressing itself. They look to films to be more expressive of their needs, their lives. Hollywood has gotten that message - finally.

A good deed here, a good deed there, a good thought here, a good comment there, all added up to my career in one way or another.

I was a gift to my mother. She was a remarkable person. God or nature, or whatever those forces are, smiled on her, then passed me the best of her.

If you apply reason and logic to this career of mine, you're not going to get very far. You simply won't.

So much of life, it seems to me, is determined by pure randomness.