Directing is more comfortable for me because, as an actor, there's always something inherently false. Because I'm not that person. — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
In high school, I did some musicals, but I never took acting until college. I was studying opera, classical voice, and a… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
I'm inspired to work with good actors, period. I want to work with the best anytime because I think they'll make me… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
I'm always surprised when an actor goes so deeply into the truth that they shake you to your core. — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
I'm really excited that people are receiving my performance like this. It makes me feel good, because I've been working really hard.… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
I really wasn't even sure if I should continue acting. I would like try and figure out if I could be good… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
I think I didn't know whether I wanted to keep acting deep into my career. I kept trying to see if I… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
I want to get better as an actor, to keep trying to work harder, trying to discover something different. In some ways,… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
As an actor, I've always wanted to do characters that would help me find my connection with others and connect all of… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
In high school I did some musicals, but I never took acting until college. I was studying opera, classical voice, and a… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
As a kid, I never had dreams of becoming an actor or director. Even when I was already working professionally, it took… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
As an actor, I've always wanted to do characters that would help me find my connection with others and connect all of… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
To try and act like we haven't had great progress is not true. Obama didn't fail - he changed the psyche of the nation… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share
In high school, I did some musicals, but I never took acting until college. I was studying opera, classical voice, and a speech teacher… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share
I'm really excited that people are receiving my performance like this. It makes me feel good, because I've been working really hard. And this… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share
If I go to a reunion in east Texas, my mother's side or my father's, one out of ten is a preacher or a… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share
As an artist, it's a great opportunity to play a character like this [Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland]. And… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share
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… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share
It's all about destiny. That's why people look at the zodiac or the I Ching - because there's a certain order to life, and… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share
My wife is completely different from me: she's good with everyone, whereas I'm good at directed conversation when I have a purpose for it,… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share
I was a curious child. I'd debate with anyone who came to the door - people from the Islamic community... Jehovah's Witnesses... anyone. — Forest Whitaker Copy Share
There was a time in my acting career, where I was trying to figure out if acting was the thing to do. You know?… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share
The first time I ever went out of the country, it was to London. I was with the choir from my college, and we… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share
If I were to mark three, I'd mark Bird, because I grew immensely as an artist, I learned a lot, and also, I think,… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share
I stay true, because whatever the project is, I'm still looking for inside of that character. — Forest Whitaker Copy Share
It's a contract of connection to be in the same space and watch and listen to stories and be caught in them. When you're… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share
![“I'm really excited that people are receiving my performance like this. It makes me feel good, because I've been working really hard. And this character [Idi Amin], I worked particularly hard on. But I don't want to get too caught up in it, because first of all, it could lead to a great…” quote by Forest Whitaker](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/80d/forest-whitaker-3022_actor_i-m-really-excited-that-people-are-recei_27708.jpg)
