The line between being a nurturing parent and an over-bearing, damaging parent is one that's very delicate. — Jeffrey Wright Copy Share Image
As much as we teach our kids, the process teaches us. If we're being diligent, we're learning from our strengths as parents, but also from the mistakes that we make. — Jeffrey Wright Copy Share Image
The line between being a nurturing parent and an over-bearing, damaging parent is one that's very delicate. — Jeffrey Wright Copy Share Image
For me, an actor is a person who makes characters like a cobbler makes shoes. — Jeffrey Wright Copy Share Image
Having been born and raised in Washington, D.C., you kind of absorb politics when you grow up. And it continues to be a focus… — Jeffrey Wright Copy Share Image
I like to do theater and hopefully be effective. Most actors, at least contemporary actors of my generation, can't do it. They don't have… — Jeffrey Wright Copy Share Image
I find that the work I do as an actor that's most challenging commands an athleticism or, certainly, a physicality. And also a rigor,… — Jeffrey Wright Copy Share Image
I do have characters who are more well known than I am, which suits me fine. — Jeffrey Wright Copy Share Image
Some of my earliest heroes were congresswomen like Shirley Chisholm and Barbara Jordan. — Jeffrey Wright Copy Share Image
I started acting when I was at Amherst my junior year, and my lacrosse career kind of started to flop sideways after that. — Jeffrey Wright Copy Share Image
I like New York because you're kind of forced to smell everybody else's funk. So it keeps you biologically attached to the world around… — Jeffrey Wright Copy Share Image
New York is the greatest character actor ever. Any film that is shot in New York is elevated by the city. — Jeffrey Wright Copy Share Image
I'm not sure whether Los Angeles borders on the ocean or on oblivion. I always feel that I'm two steps away from the other… — Jeffrey Wright Copy Share Image
Some musicians play blues, others classical jazz or bluegrass. I like to play political roles because I can merge my political interests with my… — Jeffrey Wright Copy Share Image
Shaft was a pop culture figure along t he lines of, I guess, Dirty Harry - except that he wasn't as much of a… — Jeffrey Wright Copy Share Image
