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
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
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 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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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