I do believe there’s life other than on our planet. — Forest Whitaker

In life, there’s a ladder sometimes, and maybe at the top, there’s a mirror. You take a step up, then maybe three steps down… just because you don’t want to face the decloaking in the mirror. — Forest Whitaker

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

The key is that I’m trying to keep growing and trying to keep learning and deepen my connection in every way, in my life, in my work. That’s what I do when I look at a role. — Forest Whitaker

I could never have gone to Africa another way and had the same experience. It was my job and my joy at the same time. — Forest Whitaker

I care about people. In the end, I think they feel it. It comes across, regardless of the character I’m portraying. — Forest Whitaker

The characters I’ve portrayed may outwardly be quite different from one another, but I’ve found that they’re also intrinsically linked. — Forest Whitaker

I stay true, because whatever the project is, I’m still looking for inside of that character. — Forest Whitaker

I’ve always wanted to do characters that would help me find my connection with others and connect all of us together. You always want the energy of the character, the spirit of the person, to enter you. — Forest Whitaker

I’m just looking for characters that continue to make me stretch and grow and learn more about the human condition. — Forest Whitaker

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

I certainly don’ think I could’ve played the character [Idi Amin] the same way without being in Uganda. I loved working in Uganda. — Forest Whitaker

I had been playing really interesting roles before I got great roles. Little ones–’The Crying Game’ I loved working on, and then ‘Bird,’ ‘Ghost Dog,’ so many films. — Forest Whitaker

It’s hard for me to judge my own films as an artist sometimes. But as an artist, I did feel a fulfillment working on them, you know? — Forest Whitaker

I see a deep connection between peace and change: peace always starts from within, for communities and people alike. The same is true of change: real change starts from within. — Forest Whitaker

May we remain connected in love. We are one. — Forest Whitaker

I can play a man who’s despicable. But I’ll still look inside him to find a point of connection. If I can find that kernel, audiences will relate to me. — Forest Whitaker

If I go to a reunion in east Texas, my mother’s side or my father’s, one out of ten is a preacher or a teacher. That’s just the way it is in my family. — Forest Whitaker