Every artist has to grow, and has to challenge themselves with a new form of expression

Sometimes the only way to make palatable that which is appalling and apprehensive is to season it with some humor.

So I show appreciation for the little gifts that have been handed to me.

There's no excuse to hit a woman... Ever. Not even in a movie role, because you might really like it. And then what?

My father always said that if you want oranges, you have to go to where the oranges grow.

I knew that one movie could either kill my career or give birth to it. It's the same thing with Nelson. If you fail at Nelson [movie about nelson Mandela], you don't get to comeback and say, 'Well, I was trying. Let me do it again.' There are no re-takes.

When you hear buzz around the beehive, you know they're making honey in there.