I think chemistry and great acting go hand-in-hand.

My mother always tells me, "Fear isn't from God," and I believe that. But sometimes, I wonder whether I'll be able step into the shoes that God has prepared for me.

When an artist becomes complacent, he dies.

Trying to convince someone that they are a racist or they have White Privilege - if it's in the air they breathe and the culture supports them, sometimes they never have to think about it at all.

I think it's like the '60s - we're going to see another revolution in film where these new filmmakers stand up and take ownership of what film is and mould it into what they want.

And when I say dominate, I just mean work harder than anyone else could possibly work at it.

Sadly, black people disassociate ourselves from the things which make us who we are, identifying them as lesser, or inferior. It's a form of self hate.

I'm not perfect, I'm a flawed man, but I'm willing to try to get better, I'm willing to listen.

I need to take toward a lot of things that will refine me and make me better suited for leading anyone out of any place of injustice to a place of justice.

I'm a work in progress. I'm trying to be better.

When I was young, to have a big nose, big lips or dark skin was the worst. You were the wretched.

Whenever you begin to conclude, "I can't win, " and "What's the use?" you've set yourself up for failure. Your pessimism becomes a kind of self-fulfilling prophecy.

Some things we must learn through experience. That is how one truly lives.

After death something new begins, over which all powers of the world of death have no more might.

Humor has justly been regarded as the finest perfection of poetic genius.

The most important ways in which I think the Internet will affect the big issue is that it will make it more difficult for government to collect taxes.

I very much like doing voiceovers, and I also like doing readings. I do books on tape and stuff. I have fun with it.

A woman friend! He that believes that weakness, Steers in a stormy night without a compass.

A true hero is not someone who thinks about doing what is right, but one that simply does what is right without thinking!

When we listen for their feelings and needs, we no longer see people as monsters.

Many do with opportunities as children do at the seashore; they fill their little hands with sand, and then let the grains fall through, one by one, till all are gone.