Everyone wants to look their best, everyone has dreams of wanting to look like something else. But we are who we are.

What shocks me is that so many people leave care and become homeless, and when you're homeless you get into crime, prostitution and drugs, and it is a vicious circle. That's what we need to change.

I'll never get a part in a huge action blockbuster.

I believe it is my duty as a performer to raise issues in the world of things we're afraid to look at.

To be honest with you, a lot of directors can be very lazy.

Some directors cast you because they trust you to do the performance - but then they forget to direct you.

I don't get the point in a lot of biopics, they're boring. You know what's gonna happen. You're just watching actors show off.

I was angry but not at God. I feel that you are closer to God when you are messed up. Definitely. That's when you most need God, and God cannot control what man does.

I want to prove that you don't have to come from Oxford University or Rada - and you don't have to have parents that support you - to succeed.

I can't act without music very well.

I'm not a writer. I think I can write short stories and poetry, but film writing, brilliant film writing, is a talent - you can't just do it like that.

If there's a new way, I'll be the first in line.But, it better work this time.

If people focused on life's really important matters there'd be a shortage of golf clubs.

We must stop talking about the American dream and start listening to the dreams of Americans.

You were designed for accomplishment, engineered for success, and endowed with the seeds of greatness.

I'm a football coach. I'm not a doctor ... They don't call plays, I don't do surgeries. We have a great deal here.

Our vision controls the way we think and, therefore, the way we act the vision we have of our jobs determines what we do and the opportunities we see or don't see.

Obama was the best thing for black nerds everywhere. Finally we had a role model. Before Obama, we basically had Urkel.

I'm not trying to say something super complicated. I allow myself to say certain things that mean a lot to me.

Medicine's good for some people. Not for me.

I believe in pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps. I believe it is possible — I saw this guy do it once in Cirque du Soleil. It was magical.