I like to play complex characters and the duality, and trying to reach for the light, it's more interesting really. I've gotten… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
I try to serve the character all the time; this one took a lot of work and was consuming. It's like climbing… — 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
There was a time in my acting career, where I was trying to figure out if acting was the thing to do.… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
I've been trying to understand conflict and violence ever since I was a kid. You know. There were a few things that… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
I really wasn't even sure if I should continue acting. I would like try and figure out if I could be good… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
In every project, I always look for the depth of humanity inside of it. I'm just trying to say if we can… — 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
Trying to understand, inside, what it is to be Ugandan was crucial to the character, because there are Ugandan ways of doing… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
There's a thing you confront when you're going into something new and you come to this sort of abyss, and then you… — 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
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
![“In every project, I always look for the depth of humanity inside of it. I'm just trying to say if we can help in some way heal the equation with [Afro-Americans] what's going on with us as people.” quote by Forest Whitaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/218/forest-whitaker-3022_afros_in-every-project-i-always-look-for-the-d_2773534.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)
![“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)
![“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)
