Jeffrey Wright Quotes

And it`s one reason why I don`t go to a lot of movies - they`re more and more dominated by corporate values and fiscal concerns as opposed to cinematic concerns.

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

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

I`m not sure whether Los Angeles borders on the ocean or on oblivion. I always feel that I`m two steps away from the other side when I`m out there. It`s more like a vacation place or a place to visit than a place to hunker down.

For lack of any clearer idea, I just started acting one day. It had been in the back of my head for a while, but I think in some ways I was afraid to do it, and finally I just stepped up.

About Cement (1999) - "That was a film that Adrian Pasdar directed. He`s been a good friend of mine. It`s kind of a cops and criminals film, but it`s hard to decipher who`s who. We shot it guerrilla-style, mostly out in Long Beach, California. My character`s struggling to maintain his balance in an imbalanced, criminal underground."

I like to do theater and hopefully be effective. Most actors, at least contemporary actors of my generation, can`t do it. They don`t have the chops.

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

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

Too often a story is examined through biased eyes, without a sensitivity for everyone who forged it. It`s seen from the point of view of the great white savior, and rarely is the perspective of the slave a part.

Well, I look at it like this: When you go to a restaurant, the less you know about what happens in the kitchen, the more you enjoy your meal. If the soup tastes good, everything`s cool, and you don`t necessarily want to know what`s in it. The same thing holds true with movies.

I`m not sure whether Los Angeles borders on the ocean or on oblivion.

Shaft was a pop culture figure along t he lines of, I guess, Dirty Harry - except that he wasn`t as much of a racist. So yeah, I was always a fan.