There's a thing you confront when you're going into something new and you come to this sort of abyss, and then you push yourself. It makes you try di….

The other night I was walking down the stairs behind one of my daughters. I was tired, and she was goofing around, you know like kids do, doing all ….

I stay true, because whatever the project is, I'm still looking for inside of that character..

The true wealth of a community is measured by how carefully it listens to its women and how sincerely it values their wisdom. Empowering women empowe….

I can play a man who's despicable. But I'll still look inside him to find a point of connection. If I can find that kernel, audiences will relate to ….

It's a unique experience when you're doing an independent film where you have one person who puts up all the funds to make the film..

It is important to make the best out of every generation..

I went through two schools of acting but I learned more about acting from meditating and from my marshall arts teacher..

Stereotypes do exist, but we have to walk through them..

I could never have gone to Africa another way and had the same experience. It was my job and my joy at the same time..

We have to not just open our eyes to what's going on in other places; we need to open our eyes to what's going on right in front of us..

I found the people to be very kind and generous. It was unique because the crew was mainly Ugandan [filming The Last King of Scotland]. They had neve….

Since Idi Amin was from the Sudanese section in the north of Uganda, he was darker skinned. He had more of a blue undertone. So, we did change the co….

And God, God who believes in us all. And who's given me this moment, in this lifetime, that I will hopefully carry to the end of my lifetime into the….

I care about people. In the end, I think they feel it. It comes across, regardless of the character I'm portraying..

I'm just looking for characters that continue to make me stretch and grow and learn more about the human condition..

There are places where life could exist. And we've already discovered that there's been life on certain planets that we've explored. That may just be….

I do look at that thematic of healing of humanity..

In a lot of films, they're showing more complete, developed characters of diverse ethnic backgrounds. The larger concern is to be able to tastefully….

I try to be like a forest: revitalizing and constantly growing..

I was pretty much consumed by this character. Even when I was off, I was continually searching to find something else new about [Idi] Amin, and to em….