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

The difference with Cleveland is that the racial tension was not a casual taste of it. It was outlandish.

I like to watch mankind in its futile attempt to understand the unknown, when they don't even understand that which they know

But George Lucas is carrying about Black actors, about Black men, about Black history, which really incorporates and tells all of history. You can't take one race out without eliminating every other race if you're going to tell the story of the human race.

It's just me and my guitar, and the rhythm's from there, and the poetry of life.

Every role you play is literally - and I've said this before - every single role that you play, the only way you can connect to that character is because that was a piece of you that was scattered around that yard, almost like we got caught up in some whirlwind

I can't tell you if one day I'll be standing up there with an Oscar or directing, but I am going to be the best human being I possibly can