 Black or white good parts are hard to come by. A good actor with a good opportunity has a shot; without the opportunity it doesn't matter how good you are. |
| You pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud too. That's a part of it. |
| When I did A Soldier's Story, I was very young and green and thought I knew everything-now I know I know everything! |
| Where I think the most work needs to be done is behind the camera, not in front of it. |
| I say luck is when an opportunity comes along and you're prepared for it. |
| My role 14 years ago in Richard III - that was the first time I played a bad guy and learned a lot about it - they have all the fun! |
| When I was a child I thought I saw an angel. It had wings and kinda looked like my sister. I opened the door so some light could come into the room, and it sort of faded away. My mother said it was probably my Guardian Angel. |
| I made a commitment to completely cut out drinking and anything that might hamper me from getting my mind and body together. And the floodgates of goodness have opened upon me - spiritually and financially. |
| I played Othello, but I didn't sit around thinking how Laurence Olivier did it when he played it. That wouldn't do me any good. |
| I'd be more frightened by not using whatever abilities I'd been given. I'd be more frightened by procrastination and laziness. |
| Acting is just a way of making a living, the family is life. |
| In Los Angeles, everyone is a star. |
| The poorest people are the sweetest people. |
| I've been fortunate. I don't pick scripts. Scripts pick me. |
| I'm not in the loop; I don't know any actors, really, just the ones I work with. |
| Luck is where opportunity meets preparation. |
| You have to grab moments when they happen. I like to improvise and ad lib. |
| Growing up I didn't watch movies. |
| The time to worrying about flying is when you're on the ground. When you're up in the air, it's too late. No point in worrying about it then. |
| If I am a cup maker, I'm interested in making the best cup I possibly can. My effort goes into that cup, not what people think about it. |
