[On a double win for black actors:]
It means that Hollywood is continuing to make history. We're evolving with the rest of the world.

Black history is American history.

We are all part of American history. Dr. Martin Luther King is not a black hero. He is an American hero. ... The world needs his message today more than ever before.

You're going to relegate my history to a month.

I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American history.

[On Clint Eastwood, best director:]
If he hires you, he hires you because he feels like you know what to do. And he's very, very largely out of the way. He directs the picture, you do the acting. I love that, and I think that most of the people that he works with love that.