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

- Forest Whitaker
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When I was a kid, the only way I saw movies was from the back seat of my family's car at the drive-in.

Good science fiction is always based in contemporary truths.

I try to be like a forest, revitalizing and constantly growing... Kids would tease me, calling me 'Little Bush.' But... I thought being called Forest helped me find my identity.

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.

Stereotypes do exist, but we have to walk through them.

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.

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.

As human beings, we all have reasons for our behavior. There may be people who have certain physiological issues that dictate why they make certain choices. On the whole, though, I think we're dictated by our structure, our past, our environment, our culture. So once you understand the patterns that shape a person, how can you not find sympathy?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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