Joe Morton

I guess on one hand I believe it doesn't matter if there is life after death.

— Joe Morton

I love doing theater. Despite the fact that out of theater, film, and TV, theater is the hardest thing to do. It's…

— Joe Morton

My father was in the military; he was a captain. His service was to quote-unquote integrate the Armed Forces overseas.

— Joe Morton

The more you know about the world, the more resources you have in terms of things that can inform your character or…

— Joe Morton

Basically, the actor's job is to pay attention to the script.

— Joe Morton

One of the beauties of working in Shondaland is that they make an effort to get to know who you are, so…

— Joe Morton

I think the greatest lesson that power has to teach us is, once you've had it, once you are a part of…

— Joe Morton

Republicans in the South... are trying to find ways, not so much to block black and brown people from voting, but to…

— Joe Morton

You make up your mind what part you want to read for and why. It's kept me focused - on what's important,…

— Joe Morton

Everyone does what they believe they need to do in order to survive in this business, 'survive' being the operative word.

— Joe Morton

Race prejudice has nothing to do with color. It has to do with being the stranger.

— Joe Morton

It's important to know, whether you're pro or anti the current president and what he's doing, that he's doing what he thinks…

— Joe Morton

I think that, unfortunately, it appears that Donald Trump is trampling all over the Constitution.

— Joe Morton

I think many villains have the burden of not being very human.

— Joe Morton

The argument for '12 Years a Slave' was that - yes, it's a beautiful film. Beautifully shot, beautifully acted. It's a real…

— Joe Morton

Hollywood has successfully produced many films framed by anti-racist or pro-integrationist story lines. I'm going to guess that since 'Gone With The…

— Joe Morton

I started off at Hofstra University in Hempstead, Long Island, and started doing theater in Manhattan in 1969.

— Joe Morton

I think that's what good writing is all about. You go into a genre to talk about other things. Tolkein created a…

— Joe Morton

Proof' is going to be, in many ways, a mystery. It's not a procedural in any way. It's not a medical drama.…

— Joe Morton

I make it a habit of never trying to judge what an audience might think, only because all points of view are…

— Joe Morton

I don't watch a lot of television, which sounds strange for someone who works in TV.

— Joe Morton

I think it might be interesting to give an Emmy to an outstanding background performance in either a comedy or drama series.

— Joe Morton

We live in a world where racism hasn't changed at all. It's that old thing of, you know, the more things change,…

— Joe Morton

My tendency is to be quiet and to stay focused and in character. Not the entire time, but certainly to stay focused…

— Joe Morton

With any villain, you have to see things from their point of view and understand that they think what they're doing will…

— Joe Morton