For me, 40 feels like a beginning. I'm in the middle of so much new - with this career, the kids, and I'm still sort of a newlywed. I'm excited to be at this stage in life.

I don't have to be perfect. All I have to do is show up and enjoy the messy, imperfect and beautiful journey of my life.

I have a deep, deep love for sneakers.

Learn to embrace your own unique beauty, celebrate your unique gifts with confidence. Your imperfections are actually a gift.

Your life is your story, and the adventure ahead of you is the journey to fulfill your own purpose and potential.

I don't think I'm even close to fulfilling my potential. And I think also that, unlike a pianist or a flutist, an actor has an instrument that is constantly changing.

You and you alone are the only person that can live the life that writes the story that you were meant to tell. And the world needs your story because the world needs your voice.

I'm not interested in living in a world where my race is not a part of who I am. I am interested in living in a world where our races, no matter what they are, don't define our trajectory in life.

You can never control how people respond to your work. You can only control your own work ethic.

As long as anyone anywhere is being made to feel less human, our very definition of humanity is at stake, and we are all vulnerable.

To meet somebody who's able to harness the level of courage it takes to walk away and to choose your own life and your own health, the well-being of your family, is really inspiring.

The exhausted mind is obsession's easiest prey.

The journey is the mystery…the destination the answer. If you don’t have a happy ending yet, you have not finished reading the right book.

As a restaurateur, my job is to basically control the chaos and the drama. There's always going to be chaos in the restaurant business.

One of the best things about being an actor is that it's a meritocracy.

The political maturity of a country is measured by what citizens willingly do for themselves and one another.

Joe Mantello is the uber director. I wrote him a card tonight saying basically, 'Will you adopt me?'

I used to spend a lot of time just thinking about myself, thinking that the party started when I showed up.

A conversation goes sometimes into personal things and that's nicer. You look to each other and you have a different picture, you get into a relationship.

Money is either a good or bad influence, according to the character of the person who possesses it.

I think there is a degree of speculation that is satisfied the climate is changing.