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Discover the thoughtful and inspirational Quotes of Forest Whitaker, a philosopher and author. Our collection of his most impactful quotes reflects his deep understanding of language, philosophy, and history.
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Forest Whitaker

I always try to remain aware that what affects others affects me, too.

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Forest Whitaker

I put down the camera long ago, you know? I was here in London, aged 19, and I was obsessed with my camera, shooting everything I could. Then someone stole it. It helped me to see things for the first time.

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Forest Whitaker

I’m fascinated by the capacity to be able to do harm. I struggle every day with the ability of people to do evil. Not just the big things – the petty things that people do in order to make someone feel small, when it’s so easy to do, and it hurts so much.

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Forest Whitaker

It’s abhorrent to me that somebody is just evil, and you can’t explain it.

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Forest Whitaker

I fell through a stage once. I was doing a truly African dance, and all of a sudden, I hit the ground with my foot and went straight through the stage. I guess they didn’t have much money, so the floor was kind of rotting.

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Forest Whitaker

I’ve been fortunate, I guess: I’ve gotten to play a lot of very diverse roles for quite a long time. But in the beginning, I was thinking, ‘I’m not gonna do certain characters. I will be willing to say no and live on a couch.’ And I was really happy.

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On the whole, I now see my work as being an expression of my spiritual life and, because I look at it that way, I have a different centre. I go through the stress and pressure, but I think I’m lucky because I come from a different source point.

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Forest Whitaker

My wife is completely different from me: she’s good with everyone, whereas I’m good at directed conversation when I have a purpose for it, like now. If everyone’s sitting around being social, I’m not great.

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Forest Whitaker

My wife, Keisha, came home once, and I had these violinists playing for her, and I’d prepared dinner for her, and I write poems. She’s pretty amazing, so I like to celebrate that. She’s really taught me how to celebrate life; that’s something I’ve learned.

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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.

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Forest Whitaker

To try and act like we haven’t had great progress is not true. Obama didn’t fail – he changed the psyche of the nation and, in some ways, the world.

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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.

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