Men do weird things when they experience fear. It's like a fight or flight thing.

I'm lucky because I have so many clashing cultural, racial things going on: black, Jewish, Irish, Portuguese, Cherokee. I can float and be part of any community I want.

Smiling is definitely one of the best beauty remedies

Smiling is definitely one of the best beauty remedies. If you have a good sense of humor and a good approach to life, that's beautiful.

I have six brothers and sisters. We all look totally different: blonde hair, curly hair, green eyes, dark eyes, dark skin, light skin. It's just how it is.

It's downright undignified how many blazers I've bought over the years. And will continue to buy. They immediately give shape and add authority. With the perfect blazer, anything is possible.

Fail fast. Fail often... The most talented people in the world have bad ideas. That's a good thing to learn.

I don't think any other emotion is the equivalent of laughter. So I do whatever I can to laugh all the time and to hide my pain.

I was like, 'Oh, my God, girls are so pretty and soft. No stubble burn! What am I doing with guys?' [I] haven't dipped back since, but I was very appreciative of the experience.

People don't believe this, but Hollywood really is a meritocracy.

You can never stop discovering music.

Morning without you is a dwindled dawn.

If there was no such thing as a mirror in this world, then seeing our face ‘exactly’ would be considered a huge wonder.

Greatness, Master, is generally only considered enough if you are the greatest.

Let the light of your being lit every dark situation.

The notion that I might have been able to court friends, win attention, conjure it, would have spoiled it for me. Unbidden love was what I wanted.

The cocktail party has a simple function in modern society. Its basic purpose is to pay off social debts.

History is a story of violence at work. It all comes down to the old saw that, however much you can gain with a kind word, you can gain more with a kind word and a gun.

Food should be consumed while chanting your mantra inwardly. This will purify the food and the mind at the same time.

When you set out to take Vienna, take Vienna.

I'm not planning to jump off a bridge with no bungee.