It is possible for a kid from east Texas, raised in south central LA and Carson, who believes in his dreams, commits himself to them with his heart, to touch them and to have them happen.

I try to be like a forest: revitalizing and constantly growing.

I care about people. In the end, I think they feel it. It comes across, regardless of the character I'm portraying.

We have to not just open our eyes to what's going on in other places; we need to open our eyes to what's going on right in front of us.

Stereotypes do exist, but we have to walk through them.

The true wealth of a community is measured by how carefully it listens to its women and how sincerely it values their wisdom. Empowering women empowers us all.

I'm an actor. And I guess I've done so many movies I've achieved some high visibility. But a star? I guess I still think of myself as kind of a worker ant.

There's a thing you confront when you're going into something new and you come to this sort of abyss, and then you push yourself. It makes you try different things.

I stay true, because whatever the project is, I'm still looking for inside of that character.

I went through two schools of acting but I learned more about acting from meditating and from my marshall arts teacher.

I can play a man who's despicable. But I'll still look inside him to find a point of connection. If I can find that kernel, audiences will relate to me.

You came here of your own free will, Claire. I won’t be denied. You’re mine now, and I intend to keep you.

A BMW can't take you as far as a diploma.

The simple act of saying 'thank you' is a demonstration of gratitude in response to an experience that was meaningful to a customer or citizen.

A series is a big deal, and there are a lot of people out there writing stuff that don't know what art is.

The fact is, we are not islands and we are far more connected than we know

The function of comedy is to dispelunconsciousness by turning the searchlight of the keenest moral and intellectual analysisright on to it.

What is in the well of the heart will come up through the bucket of the mouth.

He let his mind wander. It went to a predictable place, and he missed her

In terms of writing, I think what most fiction writers treasure more than anything is the feeling that they're living for the length of a book inside another person.

It was a source of shame for my family that I was in rock and roll, which is so blue-collar. It just isn't done. And I felt it, too.