Capture Quote by Forest Whitaker
“Trying to understand, inside, what it is to be Ugandan was crucial to the character, because there are Ugandan ways of doing things that I was trying to capture. Even if I had made this movie in South Africa, it would not have been the same, because it is so specific to Uganda.”
![“I certainly don' think I could've played the character [Idi Amin] the same way without being in Uganda. I loved working in Uganda.” quote by Forest Whitaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d77/forest-whitaker-3022_character_i-certainly-don-think-i-could-ve-played_1897178.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)
![“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)
