I've always hated criminals and crime. Life is hard enough without someone walking into your life on purpose and making it worse.

My whole goal was to be able to work in television and film and maintain a normal life, never be in a tabloid.

I love math. I have little secret number tattoos everywhere. I design them.

Personally, I am a church-going Christian. I love my church, my congregation; it's my favorite place to be.

Love is a big word. I believe in Love. I believe that God is Love.

I started out as a writer. Poetry and prose and also kind of satirical David Sedaris-esque stuff.

When I was little, I think that I wanted Superman to be my boyfriend.

I grew up in the Deep South, where sexism, racism, and homophobia were and still are alive and well. I have early, early memories of words and actions of this type being very painful.

When I was in N.Y. bartending, I was in a billion music videos. I was in Madonna, George Michael, Salt-n-Pepa - it goes on and on.

In many ways, acting is really like a science to me to figure out the human behavior of any character that I'm playing.

In the women's movement, women needed men to stand up and say, 'This isn't right.' In the civil rights of the '60s, it took people of all color to demand equal rights.

By faith in [Jesus] we can be forgiven of our sins and know the joy of following Him every day.

But I was going to be a teacher my entire life, so I wasn't counting on money to much.

I am a very private person. I still get shy at times.

Equity is that idea of justice which contravenes the written law.

I grew up in the time of Germany after the war.

No one ever gets to see what could’ve been.

I am neither a child, a young man, nor an ancient; nor am I of any caste.

One thing is certain in business: you will make mistakes. When you are pushing the boundaries, mistakes are inevitable-how you react is important.

A 2008 poll of 35,000 Americans revealed that 57% of Evangelical church attenders believe that many religions can lead to eternal life.

When I filter the sunshine in my life, I bask in the light of a transforming and inspiring reality.