I don't remember not dancing. When I realized I was alive and these were my parents, and I could walk and talk, I could dance.

The best entertainment speaks to the human condition in an honest way.

I never wanted to be a star, I just wanted to get work.

I think everybody at some point - especially if they've been working their whole lives - should take time out and think about what they've done.

I read the script, and I knew it was a good part. It was written for a white actor. That's what I'm up against - I have to try to make roles happen for me that aren't written black.

I wanted to make a movie, because the whole life of the movies appealed to me. You work hard for three or four months, then you don't work at all for a couple of months.

. . .but he'd seen elite warriors go down in flames enough times to struggle with the sovereignty of God yet yield to it

Greatness is not measured by what you have, but by what you give.

We need to start rejoicing when the devil is mad, because he sees our blessing before we do

I learned that I was either crazy in love with you, or putting on the best performance of my life.' -Nora (PG 263)

You're birthday reminds me of the old Chinese scholar..... Yung No Mo

It is flagrantly dishonest for an advertising agent to urge consumers to buy a product which he would not allow his own wife to buy.

My mother was a Bohemian - in the good sense of the word. A searcher. And she investigated various religions.

Being excited about stuff on a daily basis, I'm so excited by it.

I was always brought up to believe in Him [God], and to behave in certain ways. That is what my parents taught me and I always trust my parents. They have great values.

I love my family; they're such great people and they really love what I do.