I think that there is no doubt that every experience you have in your life, whether it's playing a character or something else, you bring that to the work.

I feel it's a responsibility for anyone who breaks through a certain ceiling... to send the elevator back down and give others a helpful lift.

Sometimes the person who is the most logical is the person whom we call insane.

Stay true to your brand and true to your voice and audiences will respond to that authenticity with enthusiasm and passion.

People have different reasons for the way they live their lives. You cannot put everyone's reasons in the same box.

The only thing worse than a loser is someone who won't admit he played badly.

You have to always be ready, always be alive, and always be willing to move in a new direction.

I find it sad that by not talking about who I sleep with, that makes me mysterious. There was a time when I would have been called a gentleman.

Mediocrity is the elephant in the room.

We're all victims of our own hubris at times.

I think you need the failures to get the success. You learn more from that.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.

I think my greatest strengths are my hands. I am also good at getting separation from the defender and finding ways to get open. I am also a good route runner.

there is nothing bad to fear; once you have crossed that threshold, all is well. Another world, and you do not have to speak

When you look back at your career, there are moments that are levels that you hit and you bounce off them.

I was always drawn to music. It consumed my thoughts and when I realized I could make people feel something through music that is all I wanted to do.

The world he saw was sadder than the one he hoped to find. But it wasn't near as lonesome as the one he left behind.

Climate change is real and humans do contribute to those changes.

A good book is an education of the heart. It enlarges your sense of human possibility what human nature is of what happens in the world. It's a creator of inwardness.

Success Procedure: Run your day by the clock and your life with a vision.