I think all actors are on the constant search for a real challenge just to keep things interesting.

As a person of color, there's no getting around the reality of its responsibility.

Building a little bonfire at night on the beach and lying on a blanket with my wife under the stars is not only sexy, it's romantic.

As far as I know, you only get one shot at this life. It only goes round once and time is precious. When I'm not working, you'd better spend that time with someone important.

My sense of personal strength has always come from my family.

My family is like a sanctuary to me. I always turn to them for support and strength. I take comfort in knowing no matter which path I choose, my family stands behind me.

The whole thing about acting, the draw for me, is the opportunity to do things you don't get to do in real life.

I come from a large family so you can count on the fact that I'm going to have more kids.

I've made a career over the last seventeen years of mostly playing men in uniform, especially cops. The one thing for an actor that is death, is if you're bored. The boredom will show in your work.

There is no length that is too great to go to in order to protect your child.

Your job as an actor is to stay employed.

My God - it's a green child!" said the American. "What is this place - the House of Usher?

I realized that that was how heartbreak occurred. Your heart wants something, but reality resists it. Death is inert and heavy, and it has no relation to your heart's desires.

I went to this very disorganized Jewish summer camp in Maine called Camp Modin.

I have found that hollow, which even I had relied on for solid.

I already felt disengaged with my contemporaries.

Knowledge of death is the beginning of wisdom.

I'm interested only in expressing basic human emotions. And the fact that a lot of people break down and cry when confronted with my pictures shows that I can communicate these basic human emotions.

‎We only have so many faces in our pockets

In all sorts of government man is made to believe himself free, and to be in chains.

I don't know how people can fake whole relationships... I can't even fake a hello to somebody I don't like