I didn't study acting.

I suppose when I was a kid, and I went to movies, and later went to some plays on my own when I got a little older, in New Orleans, where I was living then, I zeroed in on the actor.

But I would like to think that it's the actor that makes the difference in these cases. Not the director, not the guy that wrote the book, not the guy that adapted it for the screen, but the actor.

I should have been trying to build a career, rather than leaving it in the hands of somebody else.

Talent will come out.

I have worked with some very great directors.

I don't see all the movies that come out.

I don't watch television.

I was very nervous, excited, and happy to be given the opportunity to even be in the major leagues.

I'm a very shy person towards my intimacy and private life.

I love the Lord with my life and through that love, I walk the walk, I don't just talk the talk.

For Beatrice, summer without you is as cold as winter. Winter without you, is even colder.

One of the best ways to persuade others is by listening to them.

I was never into smart college boy music.

My television is the tabernacle.

A piazza is not a plaza. The plaza is the theme park of the piazza; the plaza is the commercial version. A piazza is an empty space with no function. This is what Europeans understand.

My mother also had us take piano lessons, and this had a similar effect. I hated those lessons, but I now play regularly for pleasure and have even tried my hand at composing.

Relentless Forward Motion!