I Was Sometimes Called 'coconut' When I

When You Reflect Upon The Significance Of Dr. King To This Nation, It's Criminal That He Hasn't Had A Feature Film That Was Centered Around Him Until Now. That, In And Of Itself, Was Emotional. But When You're Doing Scenes On The Edmund Pettus Bridge, With People Still Living In Selma And Now In Their 60s And 70s Who Had Actually Marched, Who Were There That Original Bloody Sunday, That's Humbling... That's Deeply Moving. You're No Longer Acting At That Stage, You're Just Reacting, Because It Takes The Filmmaking Process To Another Dimension.

I Truly Believe That One Of The Things That Has Been Lacking In The Usa Is A Spirit Of Repentance About The Injustices Of Slavery And The Injustices Of Segregation And Racism Generally.

In What I Do For A Living, Trust And Confidence Are Key. Inevitably, You Can't Make Brave Choices And Do Your Best Work, If You Don't Have Those, Because It's Such A Subjective Art Form, And You Don't Have Eyes On Yourself.

Don't Send Me Your Script If You Want Me To Play The Black Best Friend; I Just Won't Do That.

I Think What A Lot Of People Don't Realize Is How Much Being The Leader Of This Movement Weighed Upon Him. After All, He [dr. Martin Luter King] Was Only 39 Years-old When He Was Assassinated, And Only 36 During The Selma Campaign. He Always Seemed Older Than He Actually Was, And I Believe Part Of That Had To Do With Just How Much Life He Had To Live In Order To Lead This Movement.