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
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
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
I stay true, because whatever the project is, I'm still looking for inside of that character. — 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
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
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
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
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'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
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'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 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 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
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
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
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
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
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 Image
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 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. And this… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
