I don't take roles I can't respect. If I can't find a reason to be respectful of the character, I won't do it because I couldn't do it justice.

I had a wonderful father, and I couldn't bear that television virtually ignored black fathers.

I ruffle a lot of feathers. And I'm also selective - that makes you a troublemaker. But so be it. I laid a cornerstone for black actors, and that makes me happy.

I'm not so in love with material things that I'll do anything for money. That allows me the luxury of doing things of value.

Ah, the power of two. There's nothing quite like it. Especially when it comes to paying utility bills, parenting, cooking elaborate meals, purchasing a grown-up bed, jumping rope and lifting heavy machinery. The world favours pairs. Who wants to waste the wood building an ark for singletons?

Rhett Butler is very mysterious. He disappears, he reappears, God knows where he goes. We know nothing about his family to speak of.

I came from a very poor family and my main dream in life was to break out of this poverty.

That job should not be a political job. We should not be hearing very publicly from the leader of the FBI.