I was aware of people staring at me. No one moved. They seemed almost in trance. I just stared at the clock in the center of the church. When I finished, everyone clapped and started crying.
- Whitney Houston(on his role in Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999) and how he prepared) I started reading "The Hagekure" and other books, including one called "The Code of the Samurai", and I watched a lot of films. I tried to find his mindset more than anything. It`s more like a trance-like state for this character than it is anything else, based in the ancient book that he follows. But I did a lot of different types of research.
- Forest Whitaker(On his role in Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999) and how he prepared) "I started reading the Hagekure and other books, including one called The Code of the Samurai, and I watched a lot of films. I tried to find his mindset more than anything. It`s more like a trance-like state for this character than it is anything else, based in the ancient book that he follows. But I did a lot of different types of research."
- Forest Whitaker