I then discovered the Pop Art of Warhol, Lichtenstein, and Peter Max. I was inspired that these fun and colourful images could be presented seriously on canvas.

The women of the world will dominate politics, some day, and you mustn't be too old-fashioned in your notions to join the procession of progress.

Lack of independent thinking is lacking in confidence.

Something came out from my heart into my throat and then into my eyes.

I made this film 'The Beach,' which didn't take place in a city, and it didn't really suit me.

Being in Hawaii, it's almost impossible not to be fit, I think.

One of the fundamental questions of today's world is undoubtedly the question of equitable globalisation.

We're gonna be in a world of hurt if we don't get it fixed, because there's going to be billions of people out there - they're hungry, they're mad. One thing that they can get their hands on is guns.

Love, the supreme musician, is always playing in our souls

I found out that you could audition by sending a picture of yourself and some information to Newsround.

Everything I talk about in stand-up is my experiences as an American, as a father, as a husband, as a black man, as a human being.