I am drawn to characters so full of internal contradictions. Idi Amin was one. I loved writing him. — Peter Morgan 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
Since Idi Amin was from the Sudanese section in the north of Uganda, he was darker skinned. He had more of a… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
His Excellency, President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor Idi Amin Dada, VC, DSO, MC, Lord of All the Beasts of… — Idi Amin Copy Share Image
America has had to deal with eccentric dictators in the past: Idi Amin, Muammar Qaddafi, Ming the Merciless... but now the security… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
I grew up in a country that was in a civil conflict for most of my childhood and adolescence. I saw violence… — Winnie Byanyima Copy Share Image
I started by studying Kiswahili to learn the dialect. Then, I studied tapes, documentaries, footage, and audio cassettes of Idi Amin's speeches.… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
Prison was tough on me. I saw people in prison that made me ashamed I was a human being. Some make Qaddafi… — Evel Knievel Copy Share Image
It's the camel's nose in the tent. Look at Stalin, Mussolini, Hitler, Mao Zedong, Pol Pot, Idi Amin--every one of these monsters,… — Charlton Heston Copy Share Image
Because I was playing Idi Amin, who dealt with the colonisation issue, I became aware of this internalised conflict of what it… — 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
Moammar Gaddafi, who has called himself the 'Guide of the First of September Great Revolution of the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya,'… — Elliott Abrams Copy Share Image
I think the place fed me completely. Not only was I in Uganda, but I was around many people who had a… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
“As a Nobel Peace laureate, I, like most people, agonize over the use of force. But when it comes to rescuing an… — Jose Ramos-Horta 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
The list of potential candidates for Julius Caesar is quite large. You could go, "Well, he's a Caesar." Idi Amin, or Bokassa… — Gregory Doran Copy Share Image
If religion is a reaction of man, and nothing more, it seems to me that it represents a human desire for wrongdoers… — Vince Gilligan Copy Share Image
“All cultures seem to find a slightly alien local population to carry the Hermes projection. For the Vietnamese it is the Chinese,… — Lewis Hyde Copy Share Image
“There is surely no reason for Western civilization to have guilt trips laid on it by champions of cultures based on despotism,… — Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr 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
Some of the things I have written about are a way of connecting with my father - I know he knew who… — Peter Morgan Copy Share Image
I was trying to capture this man's [Idi Amin] energy, and I did a lot of research in studying him. I tried… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
“I wish I am Idi Amin, I will demonstrate to them that they have freedom of speech and not freedom after speech.” — S. A. David Copy Share Image
There are people [in Uganda] who hate Idi Amin, a small amount. And then there are the people who really admire him,… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
I submerged myself in all the information that I could find about Idi Amin. I mean, before I left Los Angeles, I… — 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 Uganda.” quote by Forest Whitaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d77/forest-whitaker-3022_character_i-certainly-don-think-i-could-ve-played_1897178.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/quotes/img-quotes/80d/forest-whitaker-3022_caught_i-m-really-excited-that-people-are-recei_27708.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/quotes/img-quotes/adf/forest-whitaker-3022_able_on-the-very-last-day-of-shooting-of-the_1294645.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/quotes/img-quotes/7c9/forest-whitaker-3022_african-continent_as-an-artist-it-s-a-great-opportunity-to_73161.jpg)
![“I was trying to capture this man's [Idi Amin] energy, and I did a lot of research in studying him. I tried to capture his 'Warrior King' energy inside of me as much as possible.” quote by Forest Whitaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b1a/forest-whitaker-3022_capture_i-was-trying-to-capture-this-man-s-idi-a_2852518.jpg)
![“There are people [in Uganda] who hate Idi Amin, a small amount. And then there are the people who really admire him, like a hero. And then there's a large group who say, 'We know that all these murders and atrocities occurred, but he did all these great things.'” quote by Forest Whitaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3e0/forest-whitaker-3022_admire_there-are-people-in-uganda-who-hate-idi_3053407.jpg)
