I read so many scripts, that I don't do that much leisurely reading of books.

I like to eat sweets. When I go to a restaurant, I'll read the dessert menu before I even look at the entrees.

One thing I love about making an ensemble film is that you can have ten people come away from it with ten different messages.

Showtime has given new, young filmmakers - black, white, across the board - an opportunity to make films, as well as actors who want to cross over into directing.

It's not always about the money.

I'm kind of a private person, and sometimes it's like pulling teeth to get me to talk.

I am just another fireman because the story focuses on Joaquin Phoenix's character, but I play Joaquin's close friend and I get burned up a little bit, but I don't die.

When you are the lead in a romantic comedy, you have to worry about people really liking you.

I'm just happy to be working consistently.

I've been in a situation where I was after the money.

Sometimes the stereotypes that a lot of people have are of black men in jail or who don't take care of their kids, so I think it's always important to have that.

A chair is the first thing you need when you don’t really need anything, and is therefore a peculiarly compelling symbol of civilization. For it is civilization, not survival, that requires design.

Writing is the only way I know how to pray.

When someone offends me, I think it’s a gift from Allah (god). He (Allah) is teaching me humility.

Archaeology is the peeping Tom of the sciences. It is the sandbox of men who care not where they are going; they merely want to know where everyone else has been.

Those who know are not learned. Those who are learned do not know.

Chess only appeals to quite a small minority. It does not have the cachet of a mainstream popular sport.

I always hold out hope. Mediation is an opportunity for each side to present their case, and for us to get back to the table again.

All I know since yesterday is everything has changed.

Anyway, I tried liking Jimmy Corrigan but I couldn't.

I had as lief have been myself alone.