My wife is completely different from me: she’s good with everyone, whereas I’m good at directed conversation when I have a purpose for it, like now. If everyone’s sitting around being social, I’m not great. Forest Whitaker Read Quote
It’s tough when you have to be away. But I’m probably at home more than my dad was because he was working two or three jobs sometimes. Forest Whitaker Read Quote
To try and act like we haven’t had great progress is not true. Obama didn’t fail – he changed the psyche of the nation and, in some ways, the world. Forest Whitaker Read Quote
I’m inspired to work with good actors, period. I want to work with the best anytime because I think they’ll make me better. Forest Whitaker Read Quote
I’ve had many incidents in my life of racism. I’ve been thrown on the ground. I’ve been frisked. I’ve been arrested so many times I couldn’t tell you. I have no need to talk about it. Forest Whitaker Read Quote
I love to play chess. The last time I was playing, I started to really see the board. I don’t mean just seeing a few moves ahead – something else. My game started getting better. It’s the patterns. The patterns are universal. Forest Whitaker Read Quote
I put down the camera long ago, you know? I was here in London, aged 19, and I was obsessed with my camera, shooting everything I could. Then someone stole it. It helped me to see things for the first time. Forest Whitaker Read Quote
I’d been reading Eastern philosophy since I was a kid. And I meditated. I did it on a daily basis. It’s the one thing I do with any consistency. Meditation gives you a different kind of mindset. It’s very powerful. Forest Whitaker Read Quote
I was a curious child. I’d debate with anyone who came to the door – people from the Islamic community… Jehovah’s Witnesses… anyone. Forest Whitaker Read Quote