I like men who are more in their heads.

I seem to be attracted to the quiet, brooding type. But not too brooding. Too brooding can be narcissistic. Or psychotic.

I want a guy who can clean my gutters and kill my spiders - who's simple yet layered.

Hollywood can be an ugly place and it can do ugly things to you.

A man who builds his own pedestal had better use strong cement.

Thirteen years of friendship had bonded us together more thoroughly than if we had been born of the same mother. Even at this late stage, I was unwilling to let him go.

The best situation is where they cast you and then they trust you.

The music is supposed to be healing.

Some people don't realize that a straight 'No' can be the kindest answer in the world.

Guitar is easy, all it takes is 5 fingers, 6 strings and 1 a**hole

There is just one rule about boxing: never bet on the white guy.

If the only time you think of me as a scientist is during Black History Month, then I must not be doing my job as a scientist.

Belief is better than anything else, and it is best when rapt - above paying its respects to anybody's doubt whatsoever.

It's funny, because I don't think of my films as "slow-burn." I don't even know if I was familiar with the phrase until people started labeling me with it.