- It took a long time for me to look at myself on screen. I was never comfortable with "him". It wasn't until I started selling "him" that I had continued success in film.
- Kindness and humility are the greatest personal strengths you can bring to this business.
- The greatest compliment you can say about an actor is that they're always working.
- When I was a young actor it was fashionable to say that casting directors had no imagination. That's very wrong. Casting directors can only go by the last thing they saw you do. It's not their job to guess your versatility.
- There was a short period in my career when I couldn't even put one foot in front of another, and I had to sit in all my scenes. So believe me I'm grateful for whatever I get, whenever I get it.
- I have to admit I was nervous about the reaction to my first nude scene. I needn't have worried. There was no negativity at all. That made it much easier to do my second.
- Most of my early film, television, and even stage work was extra work. That's certainly nothing to hide or apologize for. On the contrary I'm very grateful for it. Extra work gave me a career. I've worked with many wonderful actors and directors. And I have appeared in productions that I never got cast in as a principle actor. Oh yes, it also paid the rent and the grocery bills.
- Shakespeare and Dickens offer so many wonderful roles for older actors. I think I'm cheating myself if I don't try to do as many of the those classics as possible.
- The works of August Wilson are a must for Black actors to see and do.
- An actor must never quit daring to hang themselves.
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