I stay true, because whatever the project is, I'm still looking for inside of that character. — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
I certainly don' think I could've played the character [Idi Amin] the same way without being in Uganda. I loved working in… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
I care about people. In the end, I think they feel it. It comes across, regardless of the character I'm portraying. — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
I'm just looking for characters that continue to make me stretch and grow and learn more about the human condition. — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
The characters I've portrayed may outwardly be quite different from one another, but I've found that they're also intrinsically linked. — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
I hope that audiences respond really positively. I think it's a very intense, entertaining film [The Last King of Scotland], because you're… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
Look - I'm an African-American. I'm black. But I'm just looking at the character and trying to find his soul, his energy.… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to do characters that would help me find my connection with others and connect all of us together. You… — 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
In a lot of films, they're showing more complete, developed characters of diverse ethnic backgrounds. The larger concern is to be able… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
I stay true because whatever the project is, I'm still looking for inside of that character. It's the thing that connects him… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
As an artist, it's a great opportunity to play a character like this [Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in The Last King of… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
Trying to understand, inside, what it is to be Ugandan was crucial to the character, because there are Ugandan ways of doing… — 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
On the very last day of shooting [of The Last King of Scotlang], I remember wanting to get the [Idi Amin] character… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
There was a time in my acting career, where I was trying to figure out if acting was the thing to do.… — 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
I was pretty much consumed by this character. Even when I was off, I was continually searching to find something else new… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
I like to play complex characters and the duality, and trying to reach for the light, it's more interesting really. I've gotten… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
I try to serve the character all the time; this one took a lot of work and was consuming. It's like climbing… — 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
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![“I hope that audiences respond really positively. I think it's a very intense, entertaining film [The Last King of Scotland], because you're brought in on a fun ride, and slowly you fall into it as James [actor James McAvoy's character, Dr. Nicholas Garrigan] does. Nicholas is like the audience. I…” quote by Forest Whitaker](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/43c/forest-whitaker-3022_actors_i-hope-that-audiences-respond-really-pos_3000290.jpg)
![“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)
![“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 then, as a person, I had never been to the African continent. So, I knew, personally, it would reshape me.” quote by Forest Whitaker](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/7c9/forest-whitaker-3022_african_as-an-artist-it-s-a-great-opportunity-to_73161.jpg)
![“On the very last day of shooting [of The Last King of Scotlang], I remember wanting to get the [Idi Amin] character out of me right away, as much as I could. You literally take a bath to wash him off you. Luckily, I went into another part not so long afterwards, so I was kind of able to push it…” quote by Forest Whitaker](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/adf/forest-whitaker-3022_able_on-the-very-last-day-of-shooting-of-the_1294645.jpg)
![“I was pretty much consumed by this character. Even when I was off, I was continually searching to find something else new about [Idi] Amin, and to embed myself deeper into the culture to the point that, in the end, I was so entrenched that I could tell what tribe someone was from just by looking…” quote by Forest Whitaker](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/d85/forest-whitaker-3022_character_i-was-pretty-much-consumed-by-this-chara_836529.jpg)
