Like all actors, I was open to taking on new challenges, including those outside my comfort zone.

Health food may be good for the conscience but Oreos taste a hell of a lot better.

I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense of our resources is just as important as defense abroad. Otherwise what is there to defend?

The measure of our success will be the condition on which we leave the world for the next generation.

God, I just love baseball.

Problems can become opportunities when the right people come together.

Storytellers broaden our minds: engage, provoke, inspire, and ultimately, connect us.

Never revisit the past, that's dangerous. You know, move on.

I am a cynical optimist. Big opening weekends are like cotton candy. The films you will remember over time are the films that stick in the consciousness of the audience in a good way.

The technology available for film-making now is incredible, but I am a big believer that it's all in the story.

Not taking a risk is a risk. That's how I see it.

GREAT THINGS COME OUT OF LONELINESS

Focus on the future and the outcomes you want, not your present setbacks or failures.

It really is the best feeling in the world when everything that used to make you dizzy with desire becomes so wedged in your life that it changes from something you craved to something you belong in

It is in Saudi Arabia's best interest to allow women to fully participate in its society, and this includes the right to vote and run for office.

Despite my lovely diction I am going to die.

The coach has put a lot of trust in me to make good decisions in the post.

I never change, except in my affections.

God speaks in the language you know best - not through your ears, but through your circumstances.

The "coalition against terrorism" means the United States. It does not wish anyone else to interfere with its strategy.

But pearls are fair; and the old saying is: Black men are pearls in beauteous ladies' eyes.