I just have a belief that when there is a rare script out there that speaks to you, you have to stick with it. You have to.

It's good to get out of the closet and talk about it and find out other people's views.

I will say that my personal business is my personal business. And I will leave it at that.

I smile so much at the theater my face hurts when I leave.

There is going to be a hundred thousand doors slammed in your face before one opens, so feel ok about taking rejection.

The most beautiful thing is telling someone you love them, because you can only love another person if you love yourself

Honestly, there was a time after I came out that I really did not think I would be working again.

So the characters that I choose, I like to make sure that they have depth and that they have some sort of bite. It's more fun.

There’s a fear that grasps each individual and what they think is right and what they think is wrong.

It doesn't matter if a critic pans or praises my movies, I am only concerned about that one audience member and what their experience is.

They don't teach you just how to be in school. There's no class on that. There’s no multiple choice test for Why Do I Feel This Way?

The world is larger and more beautiful than my little struggle.

Everybody has goals, aspirations or whatever, and everybody has been at a point in their life where nobody believed in them.

I don't mind dying, I'll gladly do that, but not right now, I need to clean the house first.

Resourceful coaches strive to have more ways to win than the other team.

Breaking the world record has always been in the works. I just need the right conditions and I can make it.

Nature will tell you a direct lie if she can.

More and more Chinese intend to embrace freedom of speech and human rights as their birthright, not some imported American privilege.

I never feel that my music is sparse or minimalist; the way fat people never really think they're fat. I certainly don't consider myself minimalist at all

Prayer will get you out of a pinch, prayer will get you out of a crises, prayer will get you out of your dilemma, prayer will get you out of your trouble.

Perfection is an impossible destination