Everyone has to have hope in their life, or they will eventually become your enemy.

I was the first Chicano to write in complete sentences.

Much of someone's real character lies in what they don't say about themselves.

Prayer is the only way to amend your life: and without prayer, it will never be mended.

We're at the point now where the challenge isn't how to communicate effectively with e-mail; it's ensuring that you spend your time on the e-mail that matters most.

What we must do is start viewing every cow, pig, chicken, monkey, rabbit, mouse, and pigeon as our family members.

I always read the script, try to imagine myself in the role, then decide whether I have anything to give to the part. If you don't feel like that in the beginning, it is not going to go well.

You never know how you'll turn out till you've been down to half a dollar and no prospects.

All of the things I've directed, I'm really emotionally close to. That's why I choose to direct them and spend years on them.

People have only one way to be.

Fear is bound to disappear when you realize that failure is not something shameful, damaging, destructive, or painful, but something natural.