I understand that we should never lose our right to be offended, so I accept it. But for me it was always a study of human behavior because if we just demonize it, it becomes unreal.

Our thoughts are to the individual as our art is to the community.

That is the heart and soul of the American dream, homeownership, the idea of being able to buy a house and start to build your family.

We always see abhorrent behavior and say why, but then we get mad when somebody tries to answer.

The power of a sports team in a community it's almost indescribable.

And that's what art is, a form in which people can reflect on who we are as human beings and come to some understanding of this journey we are on.

Culture is the intersection of people and life itself. Its how we deal with life, love, death, birth, disappointment... all of that is expressed in culture.

One of the richest countries in the history of the world having communities where people have to go over half an hour to get to fresh produce and food is unacceptable.

There's no greater honor, as an actor, to be a part of a project that changes lives, and awakens and enlightens and entertains.

What thoughts are to the individual, art is to the community as a whole. That's where you reflect on who you are, who you hope to be, what you've gone through, and where you hope to go.

Art imitating life and life imitating art, and it's beyond the job - it will always be a marked period in my life.

Without adversity, we never find who we are.

Love gives us a heightened consciousness through which to apprehend the world, but anger gives us a precise, detached perception of its own.

Good things quickly become habitual and we often stop valuing them.

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.

Kids need a happy household. They need to be loved and supported in their dreams. And I don't think you can make your kids' dreams your own. They need you to support them in their dreams.

Marriage is a very long process.

Think of suffering as being washed.

I don't feel any pressure to be funny at all. I'm funny because I want to be funny. I could sit here and be serious for an hour and you would go away and make me much funnier than I am.

I'm not jumping through the gym by any means. But I don't need to be able to do that in order to be a great player.

The biggest misconception people have about me is that I'm in control of every situation. I'm rarely in control of any situation.