I've had to learn when not to tweet. Like, you learn how to keep your mouth shut? Learn to keep your tweet shut.

The comfort zone is the great enemy to creativity; moving beyond it necessitates intuition, which in turn configures new perspectives and conquers fears.

All my early school reports from the age of 5 were 'Daniel must learn not to distract others.'

I don't see money or a particular status as an actor as a goal, but I want to do the best work I can in as interesting a range of roles as I can.

I never quite toed the line.

I'm shocked at being recognized.

I do listen to a lot of music. Actually, I very often ask directors if they can offer up a play list. They very often have one anyway that they're listening to.

It's the challenge of trying to evoke any kind of sympathy for a role that ordinarily we would say, "Oh, this is a bad guy" and dismiss him.

I've never been a fan of directors who clutter a piece with all sorts of crazy preconceptions or weird ideas.

Soap opera seems to be a dirty word, but actually they are the most popular shows we have.

I haven't done as many films as I would have liked.

In evaluating ourselves, we tend to be long on our weaknesses and short on our strengths.

You have to be very, very good looking to get ahead in motion pictures.

It's a challenge to express real life in dramatic terms. In an entirely "made-up" story, you are sometimes overwhelmed by the infinite possibilities.

I like Paul [Ryan]. But these are horrible times for our country. We need very strong leadership. We need very, very strong leadership. And I'm just not quite there. I'm not quite there yet.

Own your beauty whatever shape or form it comes in.

I like to promote fitness by walking around home in my underwear.

You're the only one who can decide what's best for you.

Refusing to deal with numbers rarely serves the interests of the least well-off.

Men must fumble awhile with error to separate it from truth, I think- as long as they don't seize the error hungrily because it has a pleasanter taste.

The African-American community still needs to come together as one and stand up for rights of the people and of what's happening in their culture, their community.