 And finding the hat, I always like to find the hat. And then props just dress the set. It's all fabulous. |
| Most of the time it's the role. Sometimes it's the story and sometimes it just the paycheck. It's the little movies that come out as stories or the fact that I have work to go out, you know what I'm saying, you can only be out so long without work, you start getting antsy. |
| People say it's a movie about boxing, but... I don't agree at all. I don't think it's a movie about boxing. Boxing is like a platform. It's just a stage where this is played out. |
| My approach to acting is that I am totally intuitive. I read the script and I get it. If I don't get it, I can't do it. |
| Learning how to be still, to really be still and let life happen - that stillness becomes a radiance. |
| Life doesn't offer you promises whatsoever so it's very easy to become, 'Whatever happened to... ?' It's great to be wanted. I spent a few years not being wanted and this is better. |
| I do know there are a lot of people who seem to be in my corner, and that's, of course, wonderful. I'm really more interested in the nomination than in the award, because I think the nomination just puts you within a group of outstanding actors. |
| This kid came up with Napster, and before that, none of us thought of content protection. |
| Is there a movie I think I should have won the Oscar for? Yeah. All of them. |
| Let me be the first to tell you, drinking alcohol is the worst thing to do in cold weather. Hot soup is the best because the process of digesting food helps to warm you up. |
| Was I always going to be here? No I was not. I was going to be homeless at one time, a taxi driver, truck driver, or any kind of job that would get me a crust of bread. You never know what's going to happen. |
| I always tell my kids if you lay down, people will step over you. But if you keep scrambling, if you keep going, someone will always, always give you a hand. Always. But you gotta keep dancing, you gotta keep your feet moving. |
| I can only be so long without work before I start getting antsy. |
| I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American history. |
| My parents were working in a hospital in Memphis. But I didn't live there for any length of time that I remember. The first thing I remember is the town in Mississippi that I live in now, Charleston. |
| Acting means living, it's all I do and all I'm good at. If I weren't getting paid well, I would still be acting in a small troupe somewhere. |
| I'm not intimidated by lead roles. I'm better in them. I don't feel pressure. I feel released at times like that. That's what I'm born to do. |
| It's what I learn from the great actors that I work with. Stillness. That's all and that's the hardest thing. |
| I gravitate towards gravitas. |
| I find it difficult to watch myself... I find it boring. |
