Actors and preachers are people who stand up on stage and have no problem talking and they have no problem saying, "Listen to me. Follow me. I know what I'm talking about."

I have a lot of appetites and try to revel in almost everything, so inspiration can even come from a well-appointed submarine sandwich, you know?

Just so we're clear, I'm not zen by any stretch of the imagination. However, what I've read about change being the only constant is a concept that I can grab onto and have used quite a lot.

I'm so blessed to have been a working actor. If they still would like to make me a superstar, I'm available, but so far, being a working actor has been great. It's taken me everywhere.

I think 20 years of experience really came to fruition and enabled me to be able to play Cotton Marcus.

I think any actor will tell you that they always assume they'll never work again, so every job becomes important.

You make a horror film that's not very good. You'd be joining a long line, in a long video aisle, of stuff that doesn't work.

Love is hanging out at the ocean, watching my wife and little girls play in the sand. I know, I threw up a little too, but it's true.

I also swim four to five times a week, and once you get rolling into a rhythm of breathing and movement, your mind can truly untether, which I find so refreshing.

At some point in my career, I was thinking, "Why am I not a star? Why am I not Brad Pitt? Why am I not Tom Cruise?"

When jobs come up, like a low-budget film like The Last Exorcism, you say yes and you see where it takes you.

Be the light to show the way to others.

Universe is an empty mirror. World is just the reflection of your thoughts.

Bolts of energy swirled in the air and streamed into Dave’s butt. Dave sneezed ... No. He farted through his nose.

I want to help give people the ability to stop and take just a few minutes a day to regroup and refocus: to give them a chance to get perspective on the things that matter and the things that don't.

You think that enlightenment is something other than what is happening right now. This is your primary mistake.

To be still standing 20 years in this business is a great feeling, I can't even tell you.

I actually had a chance to be in Delta Farce, but I couldn't do it because I read the script.

I would love to sing with Christina [Aguilera]... she has so much talent... she has an amazing voice.

And the second question, can poetry be taught? I didn't think so.

The scholars must become workers so the workers may be scholars.