If my parents were alive, they'd giggle "John was an actor since day one!".

Big breaks come from small fractures.

Acting time is like flight time: You can work on a simulator, you can rehearse, but unless you're really in front of the camera or on a stage - that's when you really learn how to work it.

I'm usually not the straight guy. I'm sometimes more the funny guy, depending on the situation.

Looking back, I have to say that I've been fortunate to work with a lot of great people. Unfortunately, a lot of them are gone. But I look back and, yeah, I have had a really great career!

I do think that failure begets success sometimes, but it's often looked upon in Hollywood as not a good thing.

It's always good to work where you're wanted. The times I've been where I wasn't wanted - that's just never a good experience.

Kids haven't changed - you have.

Be true to yourself so you never regret anything you did.

Given the choice between trivial material brilliantly told versus profound material badly told, an audience will always choose the trivial told brilliantly.

Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better whereas enslavement is a certainty of the worst.

I love team sports.

See, that why I ain’t go to church. Figger I got me a church wherever I be. Want’a talk to God, well I say, ‘howdy-howdy, God,’ and we jaw fer a bit.’ - Jimmy ‘Diamond’ Skinner

Next time you're tempted to be upset, frustrated, offended, remind yourself, it's a part of that ten percent of things in life that you can't control - but you can control how you respond.

The only way to build a peaceful community is to build men and women who are lovers and makers of peace.

You can't hate your origin and not end up hating yourself. You can't hate Africa and not hate yourself.

You don't know what a semi-colon does... sort of like my act.

My favorite thing about being an actor is that I get to be so many different people in one lifetime. You sort of get to be all of these different characters.