Quotes by Jeffrey Wright

“[Young men hold their children. Grown-ups clap and chortle at first downs, the most joyous noises this center has seen.] For 60 minutes theyll try to make us happy, ... Itd be a hell of a 60 minutes if I had a cold beer.”

“But their friendship and relationship was so clearly drawn on Jims part, I was just playing the music he had written, so that was kind of wonderful about the script, ... I look at scripts, I suppose, the way a musician does with sheet music. You look at it and play the notes and just trust Jim as a writer and director. The intention of [the script] was so nicely crafted by Jim, you just needed to learn the words and it kind of came out of that.”

“He has such an incredible range, ... He can be very, very subtle or he can be explosive, depending on what the character is, and he has an incredible human compassion thing that I read off him on-screen.”

“Basquiat -- Story of Graffiti Artist Basquiat,”

“It will revolutionize the approach and the underwriting of satellite risks. This is not about offering cheap insurance. It is about rewarding the best companies in the business with premiums, which reflect the risk. It brings accuracy and market leading technology and information to a sector which requires it.”

“The drink is in the category called the caffeinated malt beverage category.”

“Its a modernized version of Julius Caesar. It was originally set in Chicago, but weve moved the location to post-Katrina New Orleans Ninth Ward.”

“He discovered he had a remarkable singing voice.”

“Skip is one of my mentors. I get a lot of my ideas from other teachers, so I have lots of teachers to thank. The thing about teaching is, I constantly get to learn.”