I try to always step up to the plate, be professional, be good at what I'm doing and deliver on the character. In Hollywood, what more can you ask for. You want a consummate professional.

I don't want to sound facetious, but humour is the key to the soul. You know what I mean?

NO ONE is immune to the trials and tribulations of life.

Life- ride it until the wheels fall off.

You make due with the time you have here. Hopefully when you pass on, somebody can look back and say, 'Wow, they made a difference in some kind of way.'

I just try to get along with people and show the love that I would like to be shown to me.

Everybody has a Big Momma: the mother or the grandmother who tells it like it is, keeps it real with them, isn't afraid to tell you the truth about yourself.

For me, this was all or nothing. I left no room for anything else. That goal was just for my own push, my own self-esteem. The fear of not being a success in my life made me push even harder.

I don't really judge. To each his own. You like what you like.

You can be cool and at the same time respect your woman, who will hopefully become your wife, who will hopefully become the mother of your kids. America needs to get back to family values.

I don't like forcing comedy and people just trying to do things just to find a funny beat all the time.

You have to master the art of selectivity in everything you do. Otherwise, you could be side-tracked by secondary events and opportunities.

So that’s what art is, for the artist, ” said Crake. “An empty drainpipe. An amplifier. A stab at getting laid.

I am self-reliant, I am accountable, I am determined, I am strong, I am...the scarce minority.

I've played a lot of mothers in my movies.

The very beating of your heart has meaning and purpose. Your actions have value far greater than silver or gold.

As many as are the difficulties which Virtue has to encounter in this world, her force is yet superior.

When aroused the American conscience is a powerful force for reform.

Once I realised the value of making people laugh, I got very good at it. Fast.

When I was younger, I wanted to be older. Now I am older, I am not quite so sure.

Patriotism does not oblige us to acquiesce in the destruction of liberty. Patriotism obliges us to question it, at least.