I might have had too many friends in my twenties. I probably said yes too much, and then I had to learn how to say no. How to get away in order to work on stuff.

You have to cherish things in a different way when you know the clock is ticking, you are under pressure.

I think you realize how much you need to have people that you love. It's not as much about them loving you - it's about you needing to love people.

I majored in directing. However, I did spend some time at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, so I am somewhat well-versed in African Studies.

I'm an artist. Artists don't need permission to work. Regardless of whether I'm acting or not, I write. I write when I'm tired in fact, because I believe your most pure thoughts surface.

When it comes down to it, I'd rather have an action figure than a Golden Globe.

The best advice about getting older? Just be thankful you're not dead!

I wasn't a comic book geek as a kid. I read some, but it was just like, "Oh, I have this comic book here." It wasn't like I was collecting them.

There's nothing more stressful than your stomach growling.

I just think people have been very gracious and welcoming me on set, and even off set.

Guys are natural problem solvers - they like to have strategies.

In the end you should always do the right thing even if it's hard.

The holy sword, the Holy Scripture.

I love you. I know what a body suffers, but I cannot forget my lessons.

Men are the only animals that devote themselves day in and day out to making one another unhappy.

Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment.

If you cry when you're in love, it sure ain't no disgrace.

It's easier to be creative if you've got other people to play with.

Never mishandle hope or self-confidence - those are elements of life, not just a game.

It is not a virtue, but a deceptive copy and imitation of virtue, when we are led to the performance of duty by pleasure as its recompense.

Those who think they know everything will learn nothing.