"I'll steal a line from my daughter's play," he said, referring to Billingsley's drama "A Man of His Time," which premiered at The Actors Studio in New York last year. "Apologizing to the Scotts for the Dred Scott decision is like bringing a Band-Aid to an amputation. It's right and necessary to apologize, but what's important now is what actions we can all take" to bring about racial reconciliation in America.