I have to say, doing theater, that's what you're trained to do. Doing film, when I first started doing it, felt like something else entirely. It felt like the difference between, I don't know, waiting tables and painting a great work of art. It's night and day. I didn't feel like it was even acting.

I think that I'm coming off as the biggest alcoholic in the world.

You cannot win an Emmy for roles that are simply not there.

Each role has its own different challenges.

I started a production company out of necessity, the need for great narratives for actors of color.

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

Acting, it's the disappearance of self, disappearance of your own needs and your own wants and the kind of embracing of the character that makes it work.