I've done big studio films and the big studio films I've done, I've tried to do the interesting ones and the ones where I could live with myself in the morning.

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.

You want to be able to say, for example, “I will know I am successful if these three things happen.

Be prepared to say “no” to some things. That is the key. When you say “yes” to every invitation, event and call, you will come back to meet you plans on the paper in the same state you left them.

This is growing up, having to stomp out love, this is how people turn terrible.

Mama says it’s just her nature. Some people are flowers, and some are thorns.

The greatest risk is not taking one.

Happiness is not the same as life satisfaction, while neither are identical to what we might call flourishing.

God wants to wipe away your past and lift your burdens. Do you let Him?

I think I always have been someone who likes to push at the edges of things, looking for something different.

You can get real wacky on edibles.

Every generalization is dangerous, especially this one.