A lot of kids do look up to us. But there are just as many elderly people to put us down.

In my freshman year in high school, I went to the only public high school in Boston with a theatre program.

I didn't have big movie offers, or any big agents wanting to work with me. I had to go grassroots, start at the bottom and go on 150 auditions before someone finally gave me a shot

The food in Europe is pretty disappointing. I like fried chicken. But other than that Europe is great.

Ultimately in the end, it's the director's choice

We're entertainers, while people want us to be gods.

I wish I was a guy who could have pancakes and bacon and cheesy eggs, but I'd curl up and pass out. I gotta start healthy or I'll be off the rails all day.

What's important is self-appreciation

I love the rush of being creative. I really think I live for it.

For young filmmakers, Saw is a perfect film. It doesn't cost the GNP of almost every country of the world.

I try to ground most of my characters in reality somehow. That's kind of what I bring to the table.

Real politics is messy and morally ambiguous and doesn't make for a compelling thriller.

Everything's gonna be alright.

I didn't leave Africa, I left Nigeria, and for political reasons. But ... I've never, never left Africa, and I certainly never left what it means to be Ibo. That is something you carry with you.

He that lives well sees a farre off.

I can only insist that understanding, not blind belief, should be the goal.

You make choices and sometimes they're good and sometimes they backfire. The most important thing is to be brave, forgive yourself when you do something stupid, and allow yourself to move on.

Rudy Giuliani is on the list [of Secretary of State ] not because of competence, not because of foreign policy experience, he's on most entirely because of loyalty to Donald Trump.

Gift the love of your life with undistracted, untelevisioned, unhurried attentiveness.

In response to the question, 'How can we help to promote world peace?' Mother Theresa replied, 'Go home and love your children.