I love to see actors' work. I love to surf channels late at night and accidentally run into movies I hadn't seen before. It makes me very proud of th….

You sang in church, you know, and you didn't act at all. You tried not to act, you tried to tell the truth. The idea of being a troubadour on the roa….

So by the time I got to Michigan I was a stutterer. I couldn't talk. So my first year of school was my first mute year and then those mute years cont….

You don't build a bond without being present..

It has to be real, and I think a lot of the problems we have as a society is because we don’t acknowledge that family is important and it has to be p….

Once you begin to explain or excuse all events on racial grounds, you begin to indulge in the perilous mythology of race..

Speech is a very important aspect of being human. A whisper doesn't cut it..

I was preparing myself for the theater, and... I got a little job here and a job there, but it wasn't going well, and I considered some time before t….

We used to be "shiftless and lazy," now we're "fearsome and awesome." I think the black man should take pride in that..

Ray, people will come Ray. They'll come to Iowa for reasons they can't even fathom. They'll turn up your driveway not knowing for sure why they're do….

If you live in an oppressive society, you've got to be resilient. You can't let each little thing crush you. You have take every encounter and make y….

If you expect someone else to guide you, you'll be lost..

Actors never discuss future plans..

The inclusiveness of the Drama League luncheon is one of the most exciting things about it. I get to see old friends and meet new friends. Of course ….

The world is filled with violence. Because criminals carry guns, we decent law-abiding citizens should also have guns. Otherwise, they will win and t….

So in my sophomore year, I took a senior anatomy class. I thought anatomy - being the thing that I should be most interested in - and if I could hack….

I knew real show business from my father, who had been an actor since he left the world of boxing..

The goal wasn't to be a millionaire or to be a Hollywood star. That was not the goal. The goal was something about - the goal was to find the goal, b….

One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can't utter..

A man's got to take care of his family. You live in my house, you sleep your behind on my bedclothes, you put my food in your belly because you are m….

I'd like to film a British commercial; they're better than American ones..