Jeffrey Wright

The line between being a nurturing parent and an over-bearing, damaging parent is one that's very delicate.

— Jeffrey Wright

For me, an actor is a person who makes characters like a cobbler makes shoes.

— Jeffrey Wright

Having been born and raised in Washington, D.C., you kind of absorb politics when you grow up. And it continues to be…

— Jeffrey Wright

I do a little Reddit, yeah! I pop in every now and again.

— Jeffrey Wright

I like to do theater and hopefully be effective. Most actors, at least contemporary actors of my generation, can't do it. They…

— Jeffrey Wright

I find that the work I do as an actor that's most challenging commands an athleticism or, certainly, a physicality. And also…

— Jeffrey Wright

I do have characters who are more well known than I am, which suits me fine.

— Jeffrey Wright

Some of my earliest heroes were congresswomen like Shirley Chisholm and Barbara Jordan.

— Jeffrey Wright

I started acting when I was at Amherst my junior year, and my lacrosse career kind of started to flop sideways after…

— Jeffrey Wright

I like New York because you're kind of forced to smell everybody else's funk. So it keeps you biologically attached to the…

— Jeffrey Wright

I'm gonna be on the Hawaiian beaches when I'm old.

— Jeffrey Wright

New York is the greatest character actor ever. Any film that is shot in New York is elevated by the city.

— Jeffrey Wright

I'm not sure whether Los Angeles borders on the ocean or on oblivion. I always feel that I'm two steps away from…

— Jeffrey Wright

Some musicians play blues, others classical jazz or bluegrass. I like to play political roles because I can merge my political interests…

— Jeffrey Wright

Shaft was a pop culture figure along t he lines of, I guess, Dirty Harry - except that he wasn't as much…

— Jeffrey Wright

Collaboration is a multilane highway, going in all directions. If there isn't reciprocity, it fails, and it's unsatisfying.

— Jeffrey Wright

You're a master on blues piano. The real deal.

— Jeffrey Wright

My mom used to take me to the theater to see the tours that would come through D.C., and I loved it.…

— Jeffrey Wright

The great thing about movies is that they're collaborative. And the worst thing is that they're collaborative.

— Jeffrey Wright

I think survival, with agency intact, is heroic for anyone or anything.

— Jeffrey Wright

I ski and grew up skiing.

— Jeffrey Wright

That period, doing 'Angels in America' in '94 and then filming with 'Basquiat' in '95, those were gateway years for me as…

— Jeffrey Wright

Well, I look at it like this: When you go to a restaurant, the less you know about what happens in the…

— Jeffrey Wright

The reason why things work is because of love.

— Jeffrey Wright

I think I was afraid of what I might say when I got onto someone's stage or in front of someone's camera.

— Jeffrey Wright