Mama always had a way of explaining things so I could understand them.

We are still in the position of waking up and having a choice. Do I make the world better today somehow, or do I not bother?

And I'm not apolitical - I'm very specific in my politics. But a lot of the time it's nobody's business unless you're over at my house having dinner.

Movie-making is telling a story with the best technology at your disposal.

Never give up because you never know what the tide will bring in the next day.

If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. It's the hard that makes it great.

It was a million tiny little things that, when you added them all up, they meant we were supposed to be together ... and I knew it.

The only way you can truly control how you are seen is by being honest all the time.

I think it's better to feel good than to look good.

A hero is somebody who voluntarily walks into the unknown.

If things were easy to find, they wouldn’t be worth finding.

What we long for, we shall possess.

If you feed a bird, you don't have to force it to come to you.

I feel like my imagination was crafted by Tolkien. He seemed to tap into that childhood intrigue of secret doors and hidden worlds.

I owe it to my fans to be who I am. There's nothing fake about me.

When people don't take time out, they stop being productive.

Shakespeare teaches you how to act. You come out of this process as a better actor. It's just the nature of the words he writes.

As a native Washingtonian, I am well aware that childhood obesity is a real problem in our nations capital.

That's the sound we developed, and that's how we played. It took us a while, but we found it.

I love to travel and to be inspired by new things, so everything is always new. I've never done the same bathroom or the same kitchen a second time. It's challenging, and I like to be challenged.

The U.S. government engages with many countries around the world in official dialogues on human rights.