The only way change will ever happen is if we speak up, and we have to know that it actually has an impact. Because we have a lot more power than we think we do, I think.

Folks can believe what they like but eventually a man's got to declare if he's going to do what is right.

I have to tell you, you can't have an ego when you're an actor. A lot of actors have them, but in reality most of those people are just sensitive artists dying for a hug and a compliment.

When accepting or preparing for a role, fear is the motivating factor.

Nothing misleads people like the truth.

I only took a high school acting class because there was no other class I wanted to take. I loved it, but I was always against acting as a profession. I didn't like the monetary fluctuations I saw.

Football? Forget it. I didn't have that thing inside me where I wanted to smash against somebody and watch them break. I was too sensitive for that and disliked being that sensitive.

I'm really, really lucky. I was given my dad's good genes.

It's probably a bit of a power trip when you befriend somebody enough that they trust you to tell you things.

Fear - there's always fear. You re-create yourself in every movie, don't you?

My dad didn't often bring me to the set, being an actor himself, so my infancy as an actor was wracked with a lot of giggles and nervousness.

Do you have a little white dress? I've had this deep-seated nurse fantasy about you, Murphy.

You can never make someone like something they don't like, but you can always help them to better understand it.

Talking, talking. Spinning a web of words, pale walls of dreams, between myself and all I see.

There is greatness in everyone already. The job of the leader is not to put greatness in anyone. The job of the leader is to make people discover and exploit the greatness already existing in them!

That's where the biggest shift has taken place. We have been propelled forward into our awakening because of the dimensional shifts on the planet.

As much as I am hip-hop, I'm soul. As much as I am soul, I'm a turntablist. As much as I'm a DJ, I love jazz and rock.

Words can be used for venal purposes. Words are incredible sources of propaganda and can cause terrible havoc.

I'm sure some cynical people would point to that as the main reason for doing it for a lot of people.

I am so thrilled to be nominated for something I loved working on every single day.

It occurs to us that so-called "freedom fries" kill many more Americans than terrorists ever do.