There is a point in every young person's life when you realize that the youth that you've progressed through and graduate to some sort of adulthood is equally as messed up as where you're going.

Adolescence isn't just about prom or wearing sparkly dresses.

If we could all just laugh at ourselves, in hard times or good times, it would be an incredible world.

Belief is such a powerful thing - but because it is, it can also be very destructive and it's very easily manipulated.

Advice is such a tricky thing when you're young.

Some locations are so terrible, you can't even breathe, and you still have to act.

For a child actor, its a matter of listening, reacting, and being able to put yourself in a new place without being scared.

When I'm not working, I definitely I like waking up at noon.

In L.A., if you're an actor, your personal and professional lives are too intertwined.

A Christian high school is just like any other high school in the sense of the politics and all of these levels of who's cool and what to wear.

I think everyone should follow their instincts, and go with what they feel, and follow their heart.

Effective leadership is doing important things first. Effective management is knowing what is important.

To bear children into this world is like carrying wood to a burning house.

If you never try, you will never know what it means to succeed.

I just did something on a show on UPN called "Girlfriends" that will be on television in February. I am actually a much better actor today than I was in 1996, believe it or not.

Terrorism fuels itself from all kinds of illicit trafficking: drugs, weapons, human beings.

You'll be scandalized in the morning when you can think again.

What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.

To see the ocean once is to learn how to miss it. ~Mistress Coyle

No human being is the same; we are like snowflakes, none of us are the same but we are all COOL

If you will die for me, I will die for you and our graves will be like two lovers washing their clothes together in a laundromat If you will bring the soap I will bring the bleach.