Shows like 'Seinfeld' and 'Friends,' they have, like, one or two damn characters throughout the whole series that are minorities.

I went jogging up on Mulholland. In the middle of my run I had some form of asthma attack and couldn't even walk. I couldn't get a ride one block to my house. I thought I was going to die.

I love being irreverent. But I hate being irrelevant. I love being irreverent because at the end of the day your actions belie your intentions.

Being an actor you have a lot of expenses.

I love bringing roses to a woman when she least expects it.

I'm really, really dumb about describing wine, but I like wine that's full-bodied and dry.

I like the Beatles. They're at the core of my musicality. And John Lennon's my spiritual father.

I'll never lose the sense of being an underdog. I'm capable of a lot more.

I'm a very romantic person.

In order to be a lieutenant, you've got to have authority in your voice. No matter how young your face looks, you've got to let your guys know that you're in charge.

I don't get paid like a person that everyone knows, but I get paid so much more in so many ways.

We look at each other a second. " I'm tired of the rules, " I say. Aibileen chuckles and looks out the window. I realise how thin this revelation must sound to her.

Don't criticize what you can't understand.

For an inheritance to be really great the hand of the defunct must not be seen.

But where are the snows of yesteryear?

If you want my goodness to stay with you then serve your neighbour, for in him God comes to you himself; such a man sees in his neighbour the material and spiritual need he is called to meet.

Everything that could be said already has; I'm just trying to say it differently.

Just being young and growing up in this business is hard. Just growing up in general is hard.

My inspiration comes from the message Duke Ellington gave - you are unique, be yourself, put out that thing that is you, then use your work ethic and produce great music.

How do you grow up in the shadow of a guy - I want to talk about the movie in a second - but how do you grow up in the shadow of a guy who really is a legend in his own time?

Everyone has their own weaknesses, for me, I believe it is my speed. I need to train more for that in order to be faster.