For a little while, my mom was a school teacher. And I went to the school that she taught.

Marriage isn't a carnival ride.

I don't believe in superheroes but I love Batman movies. There's a part of every person that is entertained by the idealistic, the fantastic.

On general principle, I boycott shows that don't employ actors.

Nothing really worth having is easy to get. The hard-fought battles, the goals won with sacrifice, are the ones that matter.

Wounds turn into scars and scars make you tough.

Karaoke is the great equalizer.

You can only really learn from failure ... To win, you need to fail, and fail hard.

My parents were vegetarians. I'd show up at school, this giant black kid, with none of the cool clothes and a tofu sandwich and celery sticks.

Pop culture is great, but it can be bad, at times.

I don't want to be pandered to, so I try not to pander.

I will find a way -- or make one.

The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident.

I'm not more than a musician that enjoys what he does and a Colombian that dreams and fights for peace in his country.

My family said that I wanted to act even when I was a child living on a tea plantation in the jungle in India.

The first question [American college kids] asked me was, 'What state is Kuwait in?' They thought Kuwait was in America.

Two fundamental literary qualities: supernaturalism and irony.

What God does, He does well.

But I loved the theatre and I was just doing theatre 24/7 and kept dropping courses because I didn't have the time and the chancellor thought that wasn't a good idea after awhile.

Love is the answer to everything. It's the only reason to do anything.

As you walk through forests or the meadows of your mind, Stop and talk to those you fear Good friendships you may find