I care about people. In the end, I think they feel it. It comes across, regardless of the character I'm portraying.

I try to be like a forest: revitalizing and constantly growing.

We have to not just open our eyes to what's going on in other places; we need to open our eyes to what's going on right in front of us.

Stereotypes do exist, but we have to walk through them.

The true wealth of a community is measured by how carefully it listens to its women and how sincerely it values their wisdom. Empowering women empowers us all.

I'm an actor. And I guess I've done so many movies I've achieved some high visibility. But a star? I guess I still think of myself as kind of a worker ant.

There's a thing you confront when you're going into something new and you come to this sort of abyss, and then you push yourself. It makes you try different things.

I stay true, because whatever the project is, I'm still looking for inside of that character.

I went through two schools of acting but I learned more about acting from meditating and from my marshall arts teacher.

I can play a man who's despicable. But I'll still look inside him to find a point of connection. If I can find that kernel, audiences will relate to me.

And God, God who believes in us all. And who's given me this moment, in this lifetime, that I will hopefully carry to the end of my lifetime into the next lifetime.

Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.

Universal consciousness can never die

Life is like a balancing act and we are always just a step away from a fall.

Your Presentation is you Capability

God has a plan for you but He does not plan for you

If you learn to respond as if it’s the first day in your life and the very last day, then you will have spent this day very well.

I'm the decider, and I decide what is best.

Relationships end, but they don't end your life. But people do often spending more time finding out about failed relationships than finding successful ones.

East India Company weren't an evil organization that went around deliberately oppressing people, but they were driven by profit, and how familiar is that now?

I’ll just say one word: Icarus. If you get it, great. If you don’t, that’s fine too. But you should probably read more.