Without an educated populace, democracy cannot sustain itself..

A person can be big, because of spirit. A person can be big because of their position in the family, the hierarchy in the family. That role has been ….

We are told there is not enough money for education, but somehow there is enough money for people to raise billions of dollars to defeat somebody in ….

Every role affords me something different in the way of understanding, and that's really why you take these roles, not to show that thing that people….

I love theater. To have the people onstage right there, to be working in concert with other artists, this is a like a school of fish moving together..

When I am presented with good work, I accept it. Wherever it is..

The stubbornness I had as a child has been transmitted into perseverance. I can let go but I don't give up. I don't beat myself up about negative thi….

When I look at the work, if it speaks to me, I'll say 'yes' and if the work doesn't resonate with me, I'll politely decline..

I believe the universe conspires to give you everything you desire..

I think the real understanding comes when we recognize our humanity in each other. That's not just between blacks and whites. That's between all reli….

Acting's not about nose jobs and liposuction. It's about being truthful to what you're doing..

When you're free from the idea of doership then something else within you emerges. It is yourself..

Let's just say that the theater is not for the faint of heart..

Loving oneself isn't hard, when you understand who and what 'yourself' is. It has nothing to do with the shape of your face, the size of your eyes, t….

Things have a way of moving to the left, and then they move back to the right before somebody finds themselves in the center. That seems to be the na….