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. Jeffrey Wright Read Quote
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. Jeffrey Wright Read Quote
Our great nation put a man on the moon, but it can’t train its cops to distinguish between an ordinary brown-skinned brother and a criminal. Jeffrey Wright Read Quote
I think I was afraid of what I might say when I got onto someone’s stage or in front of someone’s camera. Jeffrey Wright Read Quote
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. Jeffrey Wright Read Quote
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. Jeffrey Wright Read Quote
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. Jeffrey Wright Read Quote
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. Jeffrey Wright Read Quote
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. Jeffrey Wright Read Quote
