I loved Marlon Brando: my favorite actor.
Sometimes a true original doesn't need to change a thing.
No matter where I go, in this country or outside of this country, there are young people, and I'm always surprised that young people know about me and Colt 45.
I think a lot of black filmmakers have done very well.
You are always going to have people criticizing, in one way or another, for their own personal reason.
As for Colt 45, I am very proud of my endorsement of the product, and it still 'Works every time.'
There's always been a lot of misunderstanding about Lando's character. I used to pick up my daughter from elementary school and get into arguments with little children who would accuse me of betraying Han Solo.
I tell my son Corey that the greatest teacher is the teacher who says, 'Don't follow me; follow yourself. Because within you there is that kingdom, that life, that force.'
I don't know why everybody thinks I'm smooth. I think I'm just a pretty silly person, really.
I'm always looking for good things to do.
I go, and I do my work, and I try to do the best I can, and I collect my money, and I go home, and then I go on to the next thing. That's my attitude.
I did something that no brown-skinned man in the movie industry ever did. I made a brown-skinned man look very romantic - a matinee idol. If you think about it, what I introduced is historical because it had never happened before, and it hasn't happened since - not on that level.
I want people to see my heart, what I feel - not as one of America's best black actors but as one of the best actors.
Actually, I believe in everything, including astrology and tarot cards. All of it is just another way for people to try and tighten the link to the spirits in our universe. I believe it exists for all people.
The only thing that said 'Lando Calrissian' was ethnic was his looks.
I think I'm a good father. As a parent, you have the responsibility to create a foundation for your children so that they can meet all the challenges.
It's in our nature. We need to explore and find out what's going on outside of who we are.
I think of film when I paint. Even the luminosity that I always keep working for is really about film. But my idea is not to paint paintings that will decorate somebody's house.
My idea is to paint paintings so that when you walk into a room, I'm pulling you in, or that makes you suddenly stop and wonder: 'What is this? There is something groovy, something else going on here.' Also, I want to give you what is obvious and what is not obvious to the eye.
I always admired my father because he was a man that never put on any airs, you know. And I always tried to be that kind of person.
