When I was a kid, the only way I saw movies was from the back seat of my family's car at the… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
Things are shifting; man is evolving in many different ways. The Internet has created a portal for people to connect with each… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
There are places where life could exist. And we've already discovered that there's been life on certain planets that we've explored. That… — 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
College football, acting, opera singing - I approached them all in the same obsessive way. — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
I could never have gone to Africa another way and had the same experience. It was my job and my joy at… — 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
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
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
