Steve Carell, we’ve been nodding at each other for years now.

I was not the kid that hung out at the arcade.

No one's just going to hand you a career. I waited for years for someone to hand me one and it never happened.

You can't make a cloudy day a sunny day, but can embrace it and decide it's going to be a good day after all.

I just had to be strong enough to allow myself to be vulnerable. Great Lesson. For art and for life.

You just have to decide how close you want them. Not every person in your life needs to be your best friend: some can be friends or just friendly acquaintances.

Along time ago I asked myself do I want to be right or do I want to be kind; I opted for kind.

I try not to plan ahead. I just kind of try to think in the moment. I always believe everything will work out the way it's supposed to.

That was the most offensive thing I've ever seen in 20 years of teaching - and that includes an elementary school production of hair.

Stay fluid and roll with those changes. Life is just a big extended improvisation.

I've just always loved singing, and I come from a family that loves singing around the kitchen table.

Have you ever heard of the theory of relativity?"Artemis blinked. "Is this a joke? I have traveled through time, Doctor. I think I know a little something about relativity.

If I'm experiencing a different thing every day and seeing a new environment every day, it can create a different mood or different feeling.

You may not be able to hit all the notes. That's OK. You may not have the clearest tone. You may not have the greatest range. But if you can inhabit your song, you can communicate.

I don't like to follow too many trends because trends tend to make women look like they are wearing uniforms.

If kids and teenagers can get into a band, its probably not because they think its brainy.

A grandmaster needs to retain thousands of games in his head, for games are to him what the words of their mother tongue are to ordinary people, or notes or scores to musicians.

One of the great things about running with Ajamu Baraka is that we speak to all of America.

My parents didn't like me. For bathtub toys they gave me a blender and a transistor radio.

When tough times come, it is particularly important to offset them with much gentle softness. Be a pillow.

A lot of people can forget about you in Los Angeles.