I can't deal with actors! I can't deal with myself. We're neurotic and miserable... I love doing what I'm doing, but while I'm doing it, I'm miserable.

I really wanted to show [in "fences"] a marriage that is working. Not perfect, but working.

It's always hard to be private in public, which is what acting is because you have to do thing really emotionally naked.

I would love to be remembered as a person who used her life to inspire others in any way, shape or form.

Ordinary people who are just kind of just going about their lives are transformed into heroes because they have the courage to put their voices out there. I think that's a powerful message in this time of political strife.

I've always seen myself for who I am, which is a lot of things. So, I guess that when I walk into a room, I bring all those things to a role, and I've always just simply seen myself as an actor.

Cicely Tyson was my inspiration to become an actor.