I think whether you're a movie critic and have seen a million movies, or you're just a normal popcorn movie watcher, you can tell the difference when someone is just laying it on too thick.

I do work too hard sometimes, but my mom is such an inspiration. She tells me to 'chill out' and not take things so seriously. She will say: 'Go and have a massage.'

Real artists take the misery and sadness of life and translate it into art.

I play a lot of basketball.

I was raised by a single mother.

To me, there's nothing greater than making people laugh.

I grew up as a really sick kid; I had really bad childhood asthma and was at home all the time in New York.

It doesn't matter what you look like really though, it is who you are that matters of course.

I mean, the great thing about being an actor is you can investigate parts of your brain that might have otherwise gone dormant.

Inherently, making a movie is tough because there's so much anticipation when it happens - even if everything goes well.

Anytime where you're challenged, physically or mentally, you rise to the occasion in different ways.

What would I look like if everything that I am, no secrets, was put on paper? Would I be horrifying?

Understanding the true nature of things, or seeing things as they really are, is the ground of wisdom.

Simplicity is the friend of execution

Discrimination does not 'make America great.' It makes America weak.

Talk less. Do more. Fear less. Achieve more.

Well, the only reason we’re friends is because you can rock a tweed suit, ” she informed, tone mock serious. “So if you want to keep me around, I expect more tweed.

But there's a shift happening in humanity, a shift in consciousness, happening now because it has to happen now.

George Best was one of the most talented players of all time and probably the best footballer who never made it to a major world final.

Reconciliation requires changes of heart and spirit, as well as social and economic change. It requires symbolic as well as practical action.

Language has multiple uses, and is embedded in different forms of life. It is not necessary to have this grand concept of "humanity" in order to behave decently.