In life, I'd much rather have people laughing at me than booing me.

I do work too hard sometimes, but my mom is such an inspiration. She tells me to 'chill out' and not take things so seriously. She will say: 'Go and have a massage.'

Real artists take the misery and sadness of life and translate it into art.

I play a lot of basketball.

I was raised by a single mother.

To me, there's nothing greater than making people laugh.

I grew up as a really sick kid; I had really bad childhood asthma and was at home all the time in New York.

It doesn't matter what you look like really though, it is who you are that matters of course.

I mean, the great thing about being an actor is you can investigate parts of your brain that might have otherwise gone dormant.

Inherently, making a movie is tough because there's so much anticipation when it happens - even if everything goes well.

I think whether you're a movie critic and have seen a million movies, or you're just a normal popcorn movie watcher, you can tell the difference when someone is just laying it on too thick.

Never overestimate the strength of the torchbearer's arm, for even the strongest arms grow weary.

Purrrrrrrr” Elizabeth kneaded Vlad's pecs. “I hear a Kitty!” Vlad’s eyes sprung open. There was a moment of hurt, of sad. There was no kitty. “You’re teasing me!" — Bats

Garbage, in its "worthless" state, is the primary fuel for creativity.

Here is a lesson to brand in fire across any young historian's mind: If you try to do too much, you will not do anything.

For me, architecture is not just creating a space to protect people but to make them dream as well.

I have great sympathy for people that are infertile, but a life is not something you can give away.

Only with the tools of production in their own hands could the workers ever hope to control their own lives and receive the fruits of their labor.

I think there is a place where self-awareness becomes self-preoccupation if you don't take what you have discovered and bring it to bear on the conditions of the world.

God has the final word on your life and His word is grace.

I'm channelling my 14-year-old self. She's thinking about putting on her big hoop earrings and baggy pants and going to the mall downtown.