Initially, before I came to Hollywood, I thought that the language barrier would be the biggest challenge, but I realized that actors all around the world, regardless of language, are all the same.

I'd like to give the audience what they've always wanted to see and also I want to give the audience what they've never seen. It's these two things I'm striving for.

I'm someone who has a singular goal in making films; I want to tell a story. There are certain stories that I want to tell. Hollywood's never really been the ultimate goal for me.

Do not let arrogance go to your head and despair to your heart

Poetry translation is like playing a piano sonata on a trombone.

You want to come back to the bank vault?” Jack says.The bank vault. That’s what Jack calls his house.

Let us throw away our candles and our torches. Let us flood the cities with light. Let us bring a new light to men! -Equality 7-2521

Delay of justice is injustice.

To minister means to love and care for others. It means to attend to their physical and spiritual needs. Put simply, it means to do what the Savior would do if He were here.

If you seek security in life, unknowingly you seek death. The only truly secure place is your grave.

The essence of successful discipline is not technique; rather, it is self-confidence.

There are moments when troubles enter our lives and we can do nothing to avoid them.

I'm from Chicago. My grandfather was a policeman, and my aunts are married to policemen.