When I met Rachel Robinson for the first time, she is a regal woman, and she was like a grandmother in that first meeting.
When you're doing a character, you want to know the full landscape. You want to know them spiritually, mentally and physically.
Sometimes when you're acting, you only need a little bit of something to sort of channel or, you know, transport into a place.
You have to cherish things in a different way when you know the clock is ticking, you are under pressure.
I think there's a difference between a working actor, a movie star and a celebrity. They're all three different things.
Some people would view Jackie Robinson as a very safe African-American, a docile figure who had a tendency to try to get along with everyone, and when you look at his history, you learn that he has...
Guys are natural problem solvers - they like to have strategies.
I'm an artist. Artists don't need permission to work. Regardless of whether I'm acting or not, I write. I write when I'm tired in fact, because I believe your most pure thoughts surface.
As a director, it is important to understand the actor's process.