My goal in life is to bring to the screen really believable depictions that make you think, "Damn, I have to look within myself."

One of my biggest lessons in life is, we heal at the speed of our forgiveness.

Hollywood is running out of money and in order to keep geetting a third financed, you have to rely on overseas funding, and in order to do that, you have to get recognizable names.

I do not have a daily routine, but each morning, I try to spend an hour in bed, visualizing positive outcomes for my life, health, and career.

I learned early in life that laughter is a great way to diffuse and uncomfortable situation, so I began to use that as a tool, throughout my life.

For my lifestyle, I believe in living 10 times below my means. As a result of that, I have the luxury of working only when I'm inspired.

Education, introspection, self-love and excellence are the only ways to overcome the wrath of ignorance

I'm one of those people for whom success is one thing, but significance is another. If I can have both, I'm living the dream.

Writing a funny story is one thing. But writing a funny story that inspires others to venture beyond their level of comfort in pursuit of their greater good is what makes me come alive.

My experience in the music industry made me very thick-skinned. Your art is something very personal and there's never a shortage of critics when it comes to art.

I don't want every fan; I'm interested in fans interested in quality work, authentic archetype depictions.

Have you ever sensed that our soul is immortal and never dies?

Leadership is a conversation.

Euphemisms persist because lying is an indispensable part of making life tolerable.

Artificial inflation of stocks must be considered a crime as serious as counterfeiting, which it closely resembles.

Remembrance is the only paradise out of which we cannot be driven away.

No. That's someone else's business. Quagmire is - I don't do quagmires.

You can't ever let yourself be thrown by a camera. That's never good for an actor. When you're reading the script, you want to work with someone you trust so there's nothing to worry about.

You can kind of feel when things are going to work out

Power is the capacity to generate relationships.

It's difficult sometimes when you have somebody who is of a different culture trying to make light of something that is maybe not quite something that they understand.