It's important to see your parents as individuals. As a son or as a daughter you don't stop and think that your parents might have their own expectations, dreams or disappointments.

I grew up in Vancouver, man. That's where more than half of my style comes from.

People don't usually wanna kill me for one of my movies until after they've paid 12 bucks for it.

It's not dying you need to be afraid of, it's never having lived in the first place.

Please don't wear skinny jeans if you don't have skinny genes.

Claiming that someone's marriage is against your religion is like being angry at someone for eating a donut because you're on a diet.

You want to create an environment where we're fostering ideas, not rejecting them.

I feel much more comfortable as a writer than an actor. I feel like I am a much better writer than I am an actor.

Most comedy comes out of misery.

I don't think all of my ideas are good. It's almost easier when people are critical of you because it helps with the quality control.

Even vegetables have feelings in our world.

God can take you where you want to go. Trust in God.

I don’t have perfect teeth. I’m not stick thin. I want to be the person who feels great in her body and can say that she loves it and doesn’t want to change anything.

In the Middle East in the summertime, to keep cool, a lot of people sleep on the rooftops.

I live my life in faith as I explore and challenge myself and others.

Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic. Capable of both inflicting injury, and remedying it.

Ultimately, contentment is more a shift in attitude than a change in circumstances.

Peace does not come just because we wish for it. Peace must be fought for. It must be built stone by stone.

When I go in there, I'm not going in there to win. I'm going in there to fight!

The joys of motherhood are not excessively apparent during the first few weeks of a baby's life.

I've never pursued a role. I always hear stories about actors going after parts and I'm, like, 'How do they do that?' It seems so weird. It seems like a total myth or something.