In the dark times, if you have something to hold on to, which is yourself, you'll survive.

For some reason, all artists have self-esteem issues.

I have the strangest time to get cast in anything. 'Ghost' was the same thing. Six months I had to wait for them to decide they had seen everybody possible. Why not? What limits me? I'm black? Oh, am I black?

No matter what you say to yourself, you do want to win. You try to look casual, like you're not thinking, 'oh, please pick me.'

Actors have no color. That's the art form.

It you want to be somebody, If you want to go some where, you've got to wake up and pay attention

If every American donated five hours a week, it would equal the labor of twenty million full-time volunteers.