The policies enacted during segregation are still being felt in Birmingham.

You have to see through one's faults before you see their need.

Working on Shakespeare and learning about Shakespeare was the big takeaway for me.

Now, perhaps more than ever, we need more and more examples of healing. We need to learn what it takes to heal.

Politically, nowadays, as we know and feel, we are similarly underrepresented and not heard.

I just hope to work with great people, and do things that are challenging for me and that I can be proud of and not have to hide my face about. Those are my guidelines.

The surgeries were the hardest scenes for me because it's literally balancing so many balls in the air, at the same time, and each surgery is different.

It is that rare film [Moonlight] that comes along once in a while that catches the zeitgeist. This movie is that. I certainly have my fingers crossed that it is. Everyone needs to see this movie.

I want to shift my career back to shows like The Knick. I prefer the classic drama structure.

I am also producing and writing a bunch.

[Theater] has always been a big focus. I have been away from it for the past few years. I want to get back to it!

I read for pleasure and that is the moment I learn the most.

We all do think of getting to the ultimate in life.The ultimate way to get to the ultimate is to take the ultimate way in life

I wasn’t sure what was worse: being oblivious or living within reality. (Eric)

As long as she could remember who she was, she was okay. She wouldn't go crazy. At least not today.

When you are facing the wilderness on your own, you have a totally different attitude to someone who works in government or who has a monthly cheque.

All kids love to get dirty, but if I wandered into the garage, my father would say: 'Son, you're not going to have filthy hands like mine. You're going into show business.'

We may go to church once a week, but our Christian life is daily - step-by-step.

People don't know how to deal with stress and depression, so they're nasty to other people because it makes them feel better about themselves.

If you're famous enough, the rules don't apply.

There is nothing after death, and death itself is nothing.