I was trying to capture this man's [Idi Amin] energy, and I did a lot of research in studying him. I tried to capture his 'Warrior King' energy inside of me as much as possible.

I try to be like a forest: revitalizing and constantly growing.

I care about people. In the end, I think they feel it. It comes across, regardless of the character I'm portraying.

We have to not just open our eyes to what's going on in other places; we need to open our eyes to what's going on right in front of us.

Stereotypes do exist, but we have to walk through them.

The true wealth of a community is measured by how carefully it listens to its women and how sincerely it values their wisdom. Empowering women empowers us all.

I'm an actor. And I guess I've done so many movies I've achieved some high visibility. But a star? I guess I still think of myself as kind of a worker ant.

There's a thing you confront when you're going into something new and you come to this sort of abyss, and then you push yourself. It makes you try different things.

I stay true, because whatever the project is, I'm still looking for inside of that character.

I went through two schools of acting but I learned more about acting from meditating and from my marshall arts teacher.

I can play a man who's despicable. But I'll still look inside him to find a point of connection. If I can find that kernel, audiences will relate to me.

We do not hold back on love because this moment is forever.

Doesn't it always boil down to pain?

Happiness is not perfected until it is shared.

All kids, I think, are creative, but they get it pounded out of them in school.

Society is not a disease, it is a disaster. What a stupid miracle that one can live in it.

Beauty is something we can affirm and intend to have more of. What happens then is our perceptual ability, no matter where we are, expands in that direction.

Whatever the style is, I want to have a sense that the writer is thinking, and really trying to get at something, and that there's a sense of discovery as the writing goes along.

Coming from Canada, being a writer and Jewish as well, I have impeccable paranoia credentials.

When you sit quietly and look inside, things that seem so difficult on the outside become a lot easier to digest. Concerns that might've caused a lot of anxiety just come and go.

What drink'st thou oft, instead of homage sweet, But poisoned flattery?