In many ways for black actors there's been two leading guys: It's Will Smith vs. Denzel [Washington].

I'm a tropical weather cruiser. I like surfing, you know. I like being on the beach.

I'm definitely a lover, but I fight when I have to - for something or someone.

As human beings, why does it take somebody to feel like they're close to us for us to see their humanity? Why can't we see the humanity in people that are distant from us?

Do as much homework as you can. Learn everybody's job and don't just settle.

Don't pretend to know everything. I've been blessed to work with a lot of veteran actors, and I soak up lessons from them like a sponge.

You know, you can try and plan [filming] as much as you want, but you get there on game day and you get thrown a curve ball, I guess, hey, the game plan goes out the window. You've got to adapt.

Sometimes you gotta go with your first instinct. You gotta go with your gut. That's kind of how I live my life, you gotta go with your gut.

Just us as people, we're different around different people and in different environments.

I think redemption is about righting a wrong, and in that pursuit it's about trying. You can stumble, you can make mistakes, but it's about trying to do the right thing.

As an actor, you always dream of having material that showcases what you can do.

People have been talking about competition among insurers, and what they really need to be talking about is competition in the delivery of health care as well.

It's a 90 minute game for sure. In fact I used to train for a 190 minute game so that when the whistle blew at the end of the match I could have played another 90 minutes.

Some say society must change in order to change people. No, people must be changed in order to change society.

You're so lucky you never had morning sickness. It's horrible. Like a hangover without the good time.

In Goya's greatest scenes we seem to see the people of the world exactly at the moment when they first attained the title of 'suffering humanity

There's a sort of decency among the dead, a remarkable discretion: you never find them making any complaint against the doctor who killed them!

This is an issue that women are not interested in debating.

Good golfing temperament falls between taking it with a grin or shrug and throwing a fit.

The Bible is the only force known to history that has freed enitre nations from corruption while simultaneously giving them political freedom.

Charisma is the result of effective leadership, not the other way around.