I think every time a movie gets made, it's a miracle. I would love to get to a point where it became easier and it wasn't so much of a struggle to get it done or finished.

People are not born heroes or villains; they’re created by the people around them.

A villain is just a victim whose story hasn’t been told.

When people hurt you over and over, think of them like sand paper. They may scratch and hurt you a bit, but in the end, you end up polished and they end up useless.

If you truly own who you are, no one can use you against you.

I couldn't do country, with all due respect to all country music artists. My parents dressed me up with a cowboy hat and we'd go to the rodeo when I was younger and it traumatized me for life.

You can't shy away from your greatness just because you're afraid you're not great enough

Even in the worst of situations-even when it seems no one in the world appreciates you-as long as you have hope, everthing can get better

Courage is one thing that no one can ever take away from you.

To Grandma: Once upon a time, there was a boy who flew.

You don’t get to pick where you’re from, but you always have control of where you’re going.

The excitement of dreams coming true is beyond the description of words.

On the way home, I saw a fist fight between an adverb and a pair of parentheses.I kept on walking.

After what others would call a fun day out together, we feel as if we have been at the Red Cross, donating blood.

Donald Trump announced that he is not running for president. He would rather spend his time making Gary Busey sell Snapple on the street.

It is pretty amazing. My parents, who came from Nicaragua to the U.S. - who would have thought that they would have American kids on the Olympic team? I think that's the epitome of the Olympic dream.

Understanding is not a piercing of the mystery, but an acceptance of it, a living blissfully with it, in it, through and by it.

When you're outside of genre, you can expose more vulnerability.

So many people doubted me. They motivated me every single day, to be, who I am.

A photographic portrait is a picture of someone who knows he is being photographed

There is a much that a man should not see, should not know, and if he should see it, it is better for him to die.