It's up to the actor to make sure they don't get typecast.

I learned long ago to focus on things you can control and don't even pay attention to things you don't.

I have a lovely family who supports me and it's great.

With craziness, you can't predict it. There's very little defense you can have on craziness.

I think naturally, if you're an actor, there's a high level of assertiveness that you need to have to survive this business. There's boldness in being assertive, and there's strength and confidence.

You get addicted to emotions. Our endorphins kick in and it's like a high. On the low end you might love roller coasters. On the high end you might be a bank robber or something.

If you have a level of expectation in your life that you have to be a quote-unquote star, whatever that means, you might be setting yourself up for failure.

I think it's not a question of why, more a question of why not.

Take a chance. Take a risk. Find that passion and rekindle it. Fall in love all over again. It's really worth it.

If you work hard, you have a better chance of producing something that you're proud of. If you don't, you won't. It's really simple.

Every experience feeds an actor, and I've learned that depression is all around us.

Dream, think BIG live the life of your dreams.

You can actually eat yourself into a better mood and get rid of depressive thoughts and melancholy.

I don't have all the answers. I have a lot of questions. And I have some basic principles.

Self-judgment is how conditioned mind keeps control over your life.

Our society doesn't want to help girls like that [in Black Snake Moan]. They just want to use them.

I believe that free money is as addictive as cocaine

He who lives among dogs must learn to pant.

Many a good beginning makes a bad ending.

There are a lot of aspiring singers who are not paid attention to because they don't look like a fashion model.

As you move through life, set aside good ideas and give them to others to encourage and inspire.