As far as drug abuse and all that - listen, this is Hollywood. I don't know how I was able to avoid it, but I'm lucky that I did.

Sometimes you have to sacrifice because you see what the end goal is. When you have a dream and you want to get it done, you can't wait on other people.

I like being able to put out my own content instead of just going from audition to audition and just waiting and hoping.

I don't take Hollywood too seriously. I have kids that don't give a damn about what I'm shooting, they just want dinner. So that keeps me grounded.

You take the constructive criticism, because without the fans you would have no show.

You have to stick to your guns for what your vision is.

I've been broke more than I've been rich. I like being in the middle way better.

There are bigger stars out there than me. But I went through my s-, as people do as they get older.

Going through your late teens and early 20s is not an easy time, especially in Hollywood. So you just learn your lessons, you make your mistakes and you move on.

Opportunities, like roses, come with a beautiful fragrance, but also with thorns.

Fire hath its force abated by water, not by wind; and anger must be allayed by cold words, and not by blustering threats.

In a free country it is the duty of writers to pay no attention to duty.

Your attitude determines your aptitude!

The finest inheritance you can give to a child is to allow it to make its own way, completely on its own feet.

I figured my body always would be able to repair itself. I think all of us believe that - until you begin to age and get hit with deteriorating joints.

Do not fear the ones who argue, but rather those who are evasive.

Success for me is just having a job and have the studio feel confident that I can go out there and make a movie that people will enjoy.

I really don't know how to be anyone else, and whenever I try to be anyone else, I fail miserably. Or I disappoint myself. It doesn't build my self-esteem, and it doesn't help me grow me at all.

The best time to do something significant is between yesterday and tomorrow.