We have to not just open our eyes to what's going on in other places; we need to open our eyes to what's going on right in front of us.

I try to be like a forest: revitalizing and constantly growing.

I care about people. In the end, I think they feel it. It comes across, regardless of the character I'm portraying.

Stereotypes do exist, but we have to walk through them.

The true wealth of a community is measured by how carefully it listens to its women and how sincerely it values their wisdom. Empowering women empowers us all.

I'm an actor. And I guess I've done so many movies I've achieved some high visibility. But a star? I guess I still think of myself as kind of a worker ant.

There's a thing you confront when you're going into something new and you come to this sort of abyss, and then you push yourself. It makes you try different things.

I stay true, because whatever the project is, I'm still looking for inside of that character.

I went through two schools of acting but I learned more about acting from meditating and from my marshall arts teacher.

I can play a man who's despicable. But I'll still look inside him to find a point of connection. If I can find that kernel, audiences will relate to me.

And God, God who believes in us all. And who's given me this moment, in this lifetime, that I will hopefully carry to the end of my lifetime into the next lifetime.

Sometimes you must slow down to see that the world isnt spinning, rather its your own mind which makes things turn

You teach me, I forget. You show me, I remember. You involve me, I understand.

It takes an enthusiastic mind to understand all the necessary steps needed to make one's dream a reality, but a lot of discipline and perseverance to stay consistent all the way through.

People one doesn't care for, even dislike, make most of us feel uneasy when they appeal against their sentence.

I don't believe in proving a point to anybody. Nobody is that important.

Lord, I believe; help my unbelief' is the best any of us can do really, but thank God it is enough.

We're supposed to be the people who make culture, not decorate culture.

In case you didn't notice me, I'm the less attractive friend to the right.

Don't hate me because I'm fabulous

O God, protect me from my friends, that they have not power over me. Thou hast giv'n me power to protect myself from thy bitterest enemies.