I've written a couple of scripts. Actually, a pilot. I'm not sure I'm allowed to say, but it's a comedy about three young men in New York City, one of whom may or may not be a romantic like me.

You have to see through one's faults before you see their need.

Working on Shakespeare and learning about Shakespeare was the big takeaway for me.

Now, perhaps more than ever, we need more and more examples of healing. We need to learn what it takes to heal.

Politically, nowadays, as we know and feel, we are similarly underrepresented and not heard.

I just hope to work with great people, and do things that are challenging for me and that I can be proud of and not have to hide my face about. Those are my guidelines.

The surgeries were the hardest scenes for me because it's literally balancing so many balls in the air, at the same time, and each surgery is different.

It is that rare film [Moonlight] that comes along once in a while that catches the zeitgeist. This movie is that. I certainly have my fingers crossed that it is. Everyone needs to see this movie.

I want to shift my career back to shows like The Knick. I prefer the classic drama structure.

I am also producing and writing a bunch.

[Theater] has always been a big focus. I have been away from it for the past few years. I want to get back to it!

Things that matter are not easy. Feelings of happiness are easy. Happiness is not. Flirting is easy. Love is not. Saying you’re friends is easy. Being friends is not.

You either limit the government, or you limit the scope of your life. Why is the government that precious to you in the first place?

The real lessons is the reality of living life.

Because we do not know when we will die, we get to think of life as an inexhaustible well. And yet everything happens only a certain number of times. And a very small number really.

You can't become tempted if you just give in a little quicker.

If God allows proof that he exists he robs people of faith and without faith what is God? Nothing.

Only stupid questions create wealth.

My daughter is my greatest gift and, not to be corny, but my greatest teacher.

Once we came to accept the photographic image as reality, the way to its future simulation was open.