I want to tell authentic, real stories with real characters.

My first audition was an open call and I had no picture and no resume - that's how clueless I was. I just thought I could show up.

I assume Obama knows about stop and frisk, so this is not the person that should be the head of homeland security. I had to say something. Kelly's nomination would go against who President Obama is.

There are conservative people in all colours in America.

You look up to your parents and you want them to accept you, and you don't want them to look at you in a negative light. So you do things to make them proud and accept you.

That's what you want art to do, to open people up and start conversations.

My mother's a pretty warm, open person.

I would come to L.A. for a job, but I love New York.

I think L.A. is beautiful.

I love that you can watch a film and 10 years later still be affected.

I have a Twitter handle, but I never sign on.

Judge a man by what he tried, not by what he accomplished.

You’re mine, Angel. Every last piece of you. I won’t let anything change that.

Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.

My best year of track competition was the first year I ate a vegan diet.

I just personally feel like the best writing for actors exists in cable television.

If you love someone when you're 20 and you carry that love with you until you're 90, it's not going to be the same dynamic.

It's better to see God in everything than to try to figure it out.

When I was a kid, everybody that played golf was an old man. Until Tiger showed up, they weren't in very good shape.

The title of that great Christmas song was 'Boogie Woogie Santa Claus,' and no one ever heard of it.

Wing Chun teaches you what to concentrate on, whether you're here or out in the world dealing with problems. It's second nature for me now. I don't even get to the point where there's a problem.