I was a curious child. I'd debate with anyone who came to the door - people from the Islamic community... Jehovah's Witnesses...… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
For many child soldiers, war and violence are all they have ever known. If we don't take it upon ourselves to show… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
When children and youth are deprived of their right to education, their community is deprived of a sustainable future. It is all… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
In some sense, when you take a child soldier out of an armed group, you've taken away the identity he or she… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
When we talk about the issue of child soldiers, it can be easy to focus just on ending recruitment and liberating those… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
It rests in the hands of the common person as well as those with the power to shape humanity's course toward a… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
The other night I was walking down the stairs behind one of my daughters. I was tired, and she was goofing around,… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
While it's easy for South Sudan to feel distant, the situation is all too real for the South Sudanese mothers choosing which… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
I think that cinema and the arts are central in our lives because we grow up and learn about the world through… — 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
