And I sit in my jacuzzi with my script.

They say the two most important days in a person's life were the day you were born and the day you discover why you were born.

I don’t want anyone putting any limits on me.

Creativity only resonates if you infuse real life into the work.

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. And I think that's a powerful message in this time of political strife.

I really want my acting to be definitive a lot of times, but I must feel like in any given moment there is a lot of things going on with Rose. I kept telling Denzel [Washington] throughout filming [Fences] that the house is her joy and her tomb.

When you pray, God puts people in your life to lead you when you cannot lead yourself.