The Best Way To Guarantee A Loss

It Seems To Me That I Never Grow Unless I'm Actually Working With Other Actors Who Have Shed Whatever Shell It Is That Keeps Them Insulated From Each Other.

Race Seems To Me To Be Less And Less A Subject Worth Discussing.

Somebody Once Said To Me After I'd Done "deep Impact," "what Is It Like To Play A Black President," And I Said, "i Didn't Play A Black President. I Played A President. I Just Happened To Be Black. There's A Difference.

That's Your Job As The Actor, To Understand The Human Part Of The Character, To Make It Real.

I Have To Deal With Being Famous. Sometimes I Have To Tell People I Don't Do Autographs, Thank You Very Much. At Certain Places, I Refuse To Have My Photograph Taken.