I wasn't even a theater kid in high school. I studied classical piano, and I ran track.

The reason why I like theater is because it's a long journey, and no matter what role you play, we are all in it together.

My first exploration through art was really through music - I've trained classically with piano for about ten years.

My mom was really busy when I was growing up, but she did a really good job in terms of balancing her home life with her professional life. She basically took me everywhere.

I grew up in the theater with my mom and that's how I knew I wanted to be an actor in the first place.

The way I work emotionally is: I don't ever try to cry. I try not to, which is what for me produces organic emotion.

I started playing piano when I was around four; thats my first passion.

When I'm in Los Angeles, sometimes I hesitate saying that I'm an actor because people are like, "Of course you are." And I'm like "No, not, 'Of course I am.'"

My thing is that if you don't really connect to something or see that it's going to be something you're going to be proud of, I wouldn't do it.

Personally, especially as a young black woman, I didn't think that Los Angeles was a place for me to start. There's a certain type that they go for or don't.

My view of myself as an artist expanded because of the time I spent at Cal Arts.

I realise I'm behind on this but Rebekah Brooks was married to Ross Kemp of Gangs fame?! And she assaulted him? That explains so much.

Yes, rules are made to be broken -- but ONLY if you have a damn good reason for doing it.

There is no better coach than the bench.

Never, ever mistreat someone who loves you. Because you're not entitled to that love.

Social Security is a family insurance program, not an investment scheme.

A mathematical idea should not be petrified in a formalised axiomatic setting, but should be considered instead as flowing as a river.

Ya know, America's a great country. It's great because it allows you to fight. And you can win, if you have the stamina and tenacity.

One of my mottos not only just in skating but in life in general and I try to enforce it as well, is like no regrets and just like going for it.

I did game shows, I did interview shows, I did talk shows, I did commercials, I did acting. But all of that was a million years ago.

(What makes his world so hard to see clearly is not its strangeness but its usualness).Familiarity can blind you too.