Courtney B. Vance : (3) " I remember I was up for the role of Jim in ‘Huck Finn,’ and because I went to Harvard and Yale, they didn’t think I would be able to play a slave. I said, ‘Oh, please.’ I had to go in there and prove to them that I wasn’t too intelligent to play a slave. " - Courtney B. Vance " I was a huge O. J. Simpson fan. " - Courtney B. Vance " The life of an editor is not a glamorous one. You’re a fixer; you make things better. " - Courtney B. Vance