I recognize the amount of time that it takes as a director. I made the choice to stop taking roles outside of L.A. because I didn't want to miss any of my child's life.

My biggest challenge will be to play the totally submissive woman. It takes a toll on you when you play someone who's far removed from your personality.

I stay in tune with my family and God.

I want to live a full life - period.

You don't know what unconditional love is. You may say you do, but if you don't have a child, you don't know what that is. But when you experience it, it is the most fulfilling ever.

If your woman is asleep every time you get home, shes just really tired. Of you.

People love to see themselves on screen in a way that makes sense and seems on point.

You always make a film with the hope that all types of people will want to see your work and that it doesn't matter about your color, but unfortunately it still does.

My mother was a single mom, and most of the women I know are strong.

Especially in this industry, women challenge men much more now because we're saying, 'We can do it, too.'

A Modern Mom to me is not always someone that juggles a career and family. A Modern Mom is a woman who takes care of herself on the inside and the outside.

Well, in this world of basic stereotyping, give a guy a big nose and some weird hair and he is capable of anything.

I yearned for the woman who could bring me to my knees then raise me up again, making me stronger than before.

I want to be one of the best players around in two or three years time, to be a decisive footballer.

I think that my fascination with clothes generally was motivated by trying to create the characters for the stage.

To the proud, the applause of the world rings in their ears; to the humble, the applause of heaven warms their hearts.

Build a house?" exclaimed John. "For the Wendy," said Curly. "For Wendy?" John said, aghast. "Why, she is only a girl!" "That," explained Curly, "is why we are her servants.

If you think you know where you're going to be 10 years from now, that's where you're at now. You're just putting it off.

A writer needs a pen, an artist needs a brush, but a filmmaker needs an army.

Let's just say you may regret that second piece of cake. Oh my God. Regret cake? Whatever was about to happen must be truly evil.

I do not in the least underestimate bisexuality... I expect it to provide all further enlightenment.