Let's just say that the theater is not for the faint of heart.

Things have a way of moving to the left, and then they move back to the right before somebody finds themselves in the center. That seems to be the nature of the creative world. It’s not stagnant. I don’t get upset about it.

There was a time when I couldn’t watch sitcoms for a while because it was just cacophony, it was just noise.

Historically, if you look at great civilizations, why do they crumble? Is it because of what’s outside or because of something internal? It’s always internal. It is.

If there are no films or plays of interest to me, I don’t go. I know how to go to a museum or a library or pick up a good magazine or I can watch the sun set. I know how to live. There’s a whole creation out there full of magic and wonder to be explored.

I think the real understanding comes when we recognize our humanity in each other. That’s not just between blacks and whites. That’s between all religions as well.

How is it that you profess love for God but can’t accept another human being?

Acting’s not about nose jobs and liposuction. It’s about being truthful to what you’re doing.

If I had known being insane was so much fun, I’d have gone crazy long ago.

Every role affords me something different in the way of understanding, and that’s really why you take these roles, not to show that thing that people talk about of showing what you can do – that has nothing to do with anything.