I'm just looking for characters that continue to make me stretch and grow and learn more about the human condition.

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

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

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.

The only way to be productive is to realize we don't HAVE TO be productive. Our goal is to PLEASE God, not APPEASE God.

I think no matter what you do, a certain amount of people are going to call you a sellout, somehow, you know. If I ever start trying to make a living on it.

Computers force us into creating with our minds and prevent us from making things with our hands. They dull the skills we use in everyday life.

A false modesty is the meanest species of pride.

I'm sure if you were a Bosnian during the war, you would wish to kill Serbs. Just because it is the opposite of you and because they're aggressors. And also, it happens to me when I get attacked.

A lot of people can't be on their own. They get frightened. Isolation doesn't bother me at all. It gives me a sense of security.

You are loved, and your purpose is to love.

Some of us like to take a walk on the wild side.

What a terrible mistake to let go of something wonderful for something real.

These guys who keep on playing but aren't winning, you've got to sit them down and let them figure it out and perform a little gut-check on themselves.