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> [Until film is just as easily accessible as a pen or pencil, then it's not completely an art form. In painting you can just pick up a piece of chalk, a stick or whatever. In sculpture you can get a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/forest-whitaker/until-film-is-just-as-easily-accessible-as-a-pen-or-pencil-then-it-s-2/)

[Forest Whitaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/forest-whitaker/)

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## More by Forest Whitaker

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/forest-whitaker/to-try-and-act-like-we-haven-t-had-great-progress-is-not-true-obama/)

[Forest Whitaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/forest-whitaker/)

> [In high school, I did some musicals, but I never took acting until college. I was studying opera, classical voice, and a speech teacher…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/forest-whitaker/in-high-school-i-did-some-musicals-but-i-never-took-acting-until/)

[Forest Whitaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/forest-whitaker/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/forest-whitaker/i-m-really-excited-that-people-are-receiving-my-performance-like-this/)

[Forest Whitaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/forest-whitaker/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/forest-whitaker/if-i-go-to-a-reunion-in-east-texas-my-mother-s-side-or-my-father-s/)

[Forest Whitaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/forest-whitaker/)

> [ 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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/forest-whitaker/as-an-artist-it-s-a-great-opportunity-to-play-a-character-like-this/)

[Forest Whitaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/forest-whitaker/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/forest-whitaker/i-can-play-a-man-who-s-despicable-but-i-ll-still-look-inside-him-to/)

[Forest Whitaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/forest-whitaker/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/forest-whitaker/it-s-all-about-destiny-that-s-why-people-look-at-the-zodiac-or-the-i/)

[Forest Whitaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/forest-whitaker/)

> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/forest-whitaker/my-wife-is-completely-different-from-me-she-s-good-with-everyone/)

[Forest Whitaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/forest-whitaker/)

> [I was a curious child. I'd debate with anyone who came to the door - people from the Islamic community... Jehovah's Witnesses... anyone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/forest-whitaker/i-was-a-curious-child-i-d-debate-with-anyone-who-came-to-the-door/)

[Forest Whitaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/forest-whitaker/)

> [There was a time in my acting career, where I was trying to figure out if acting was the thing to do. You know?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/forest-whitaker/there-was-a-time-in-my-acting-career-where-i-was-trying-to-figure-out/)

[Forest Whitaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/forest-whitaker/)

> [The first time I ever went out of the country, it was to London. I was with the choir from my college, and we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/forest-whitaker/the-first-time-i-ever-went-out-of-the-country-it-was-to-london-i-was/)

[Forest Whitaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/forest-whitaker/)

> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/forest-whitaker/if-i-were-to-mark-three-i-d-mark-bird-because-i-grew-immensely-as-an/)

[Forest Whitaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/forest-whitaker/)

> [I try to be like a forest: revitalizing and constantly growing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/forest-whitaker/i-try-to-be-like-a-forest-revitalizing-and-constantly-growing/)

[Forest Whitaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/forest-whitaker/)

> [I stay true, because whatever the project is, I'm still looking for inside of that character.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/forest-whitaker/i-stay-true-because-whatever-the-project-is-i-m-still-looking-for/)

[Forest Whitaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/forest-whitaker/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/forest-whitaker/it-s-a-contract-of-connection-to-be-in-the-same-space-and-watch-and/)

[Forest Whitaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/forest-whitaker/)

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