Gratuitous fat jokes always hurt, no matter what.

I do work too hard sometimes, but my mom is such an inspiration. She tells me to 'chill out' and not take things so seriously. She will say: 'Go and have a massage.'

Real artists take the misery and sadness of life and translate it into art.

I play a lot of basketball.

I was raised by a single mother.

To me, there's nothing greater than making people laugh.

I grew up as a really sick kid; I had really bad childhood asthma and was at home all the time in New York.

It doesn't matter what you look like really though, it is who you are that matters of course.

I mean, the great thing about being an actor is you can investigate parts of your brain that might have otherwise gone dormant.

Inherently, making a movie is tough because there's so much anticipation when it happens - even if everything goes well.

I think whether you're a movie critic and have seen a million movies, or you're just a normal popcorn movie watcher, you can tell the difference when someone is just laying it on too thick.

Children are happy because they have the power of finding happiness in the simplest things.

Jesus brought the kingdom and preached what he brought

I'm pretty positive that if I started singing songs that were for my fame, the God would probably make me tone deaf again. I know why He gave me that voice. I know why He gave me my ears.

For there is nothing lost, that may be found, if sought.

Market prices are always wrong in the sense that they present a biased view of the future.

Is it possible to succeed without any act of betrayal?

Do not, I beg you, look for anything behind phenomena. They are themselves their own lesson.

The only sin I think a commander in chief can make is exaggerating successes and not understanding the challenges.

It's physically very, very, very trying to be onstage as a performer, not unlike an athlete, for thirty years.

Typhoid and swans - it all comes from the same place.