Quotes & Sayings About Amistad

We understand now, we've been made to understand, and to embrace the understanding that who we are is who we were. — John Quincy Adams

I worked with Steven Spielberg on Amistad ... he seemed so very secure in himself that he let me do things. — Anthony Hopkins

Where were you When everything was falling apart? All my days Were spent by the telephone That never rang And all I needed was a call That never came To the corner of First and Amistad. Lost and insecure You found me, you found me Lyin' on the floor Surrounded, surrounded
Why'd you have to wait? Where were you? Where were you? Just a little late You found me, you found me. — The Fray

I guess after a certain age, things change and those things or people or friendships that happen in movies, just don't happen in real life. — Alberto Fuguet

I had done a couple of auditions for 'Amistad' and didn't feel it was going to go any further - and then the call came about heading to Los Angeles to work with Steven Spielberg. It was surreal: exciting, challenging, overwhelming. — Chiwetel Ejiofor

I think when I was doing 'Amistad,' I was just too young to really understand what the process was, and beyond that, I hadn't really got involved. It was just somehow - and I thought that the artistry was all in the theater. — Chiwetel Ejiofor

There are more whipped guys on television than there were on the Amistad. — Greg Giraldo