Forest Whitaker

To try and act like we haven't had great progress is not true. Obama didn't fail - he changed the psyche of…

— Forest Whitaker

In high school, I did some musicals, but I never took acting until college. I was studying opera, classical voice, and a…

— Forest Whitaker

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

If I go to a reunion in east Texas, my mother's side or my father's, one out of ten is a preacher…

— Forest Whitaker

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

I can play a man who's despicable. But I'll still look inside him to find a point of connection. If I can…

— Forest Whitaker

It's all about destiny. That's why people look at the zodiac or the I Ching - because there's a certain order to…

— Forest Whitaker

My wife is completely different from me: she's good with everyone, whereas I'm good at directed conversation when I have a purpose…

— Forest Whitaker

I was a curious child. I'd debate with anyone who came to the door - people from the Islamic community... Jehovah's Witnesses...…

— Forest Whitaker

There was a time in my acting career, where I was trying to figure out if acting was the thing to do.…

— Forest Whitaker

The first time I ever went out of the country, it was to London. I was with the choir from my college,…

— Forest Whitaker

If I were to mark three, I'd mark Bird, because I grew immensely as an artist, I learned a lot, and also,…

— Forest Whitaker

I try to be like a forest: revitalizing and constantly growing.

— Forest Whitaker

I stay true, because whatever the project is, I'm still looking for inside of that character.

— Forest Whitaker

It's a contract of connection to be in the same space and watch and listen to stories and be caught in them.…

— Forest Whitaker

I try to be like a forest, revitalizing and constantly growing... Kids would tease me, calling me 'Little Bush.' But... I thought…

— Forest Whitaker

Good science fiction is always based in contemporary truths.

— Forest Whitaker

I think the place fed me completely. Not only was I in Uganda, but I was around many people who had a…

— Forest Whitaker

My parents moved to Los Angeles when I was really young, but I spent every summer with my grandparents, and I'd stay…

— Forest Whitaker

For many child soldiers, war and violence are all they have ever known. If we don't take it upon ourselves to show…

— Forest Whitaker

We're supposed to be an example of freedom, and if we are doing things that are injustice to people, then what is…

— Forest Whitaker

I love to play chess. The last time I was playing, I started to really see the board. I don't mean just…

— Forest Whitaker

I'd spend every summer in Longview on my grandfather's farm. It was a tiny little town divided by a river, which was…

— Forest Whitaker

I was pretty much consumed by this character. Even when I was off, I was continually searching to find something else new…

— Forest Whitaker

There's a molecule inside of you that is connected to everything - every person, every energy, every thing. You look for it,…

— Forest Whitaker