I wouldn't change anything for the world, although the fame part of this [entertainment] industry is tough to handle at times.

You don't really know how beautiful a girl is, until you meet her, all her beauty is in her personality.

Personally, I was never the cool kid. I was always sort of a bookworm.

I believe in destiny. I believe destiny opens doors for you, but it's up to you to walk through them.

Every day is a new experience and I take it as it comes.

When you're young everything feels like the end of the world, but its not; its just the beginning.

If I splurge on anything, it's cologne. I love smelling good.

High School Musical has been a blessing and a gift.

I wish I could say I see my little brother more. We used to fight all the time but now that I don't see him very often I cherish the time I have with him.

Great advice comes from people that have been around a lot longer than you.

Amanda Bynes and I have become close since filming 'Hairspray.' It's so weird because I grew up watching her.

Every time you shudder from the cold or wrap yourself more tightly in your furs, it reminds me that somewhere, the sun shines more brightly than it does here. You carry it in your skin.

The dollar bills attached to her hips fluttered to the rug of the small square stage, like the first flakes of winter in the Bronx. (Dark City Lights)

Inspiration in matters of taste will not come twice.

Anyone who believes the competitive spirit in America is dead has never been in a supermarket when the cashier opens another check-out line.

It is good for us to get into the Word, but it is MUCH BETTER for the Word to get into us.

Girls liking bad boys is the cookie jar complex. When somebody tells you you can't have a cookie, you want a cookie. But I live in a bad-boy world, artistically. All the jazz boys are bad boys.

Your imagination is your most important tool, as an actor, as cheesy as that sounds.

The flag still stands for freedom and they can't take that away.

Asking questions is one of the best ways to grow as a human being.

Mass incarceration is the most pressing racial justice issue of our time.