Making a film is like learning the ropes all over again.

Life's a climb. But the view is great.

I probably have an earlier curfew than anyone. My mom wants to keep me really safe and my dad's not overly protective, but he's a dad no matter what.

When Life Puts You in Tough Situations, Don't Say 'Why Me', Say 'Try Me'

Anyone that hates on you is always below you, because they're just jealous of what you have.

If you believe in yourself anything is possible.

Always look forward and try to push pass the negativity. I think everyone's beautiful and they deserve to be happy no matter what.

The greatest opportunities in life come with fear and risk.

You can't blame me for who I am.

Remember that only God can judge us; forget the haters, because Somebody loves you.

It is important to ask yourself why you’re doing what you’re doing and what purpose it serves in the big picture.

For the moment we might very well can them DUNNOS (for Dark Unknown Nonreflective Nondetectable Objects Somewhere).

I never planned to be rich, frankly speaking. I was more interested in being free, and doing things. And money helps. But otherwise I was never that interested in it.

I can be much more sarcastic and, I think, sometimes withering in my assessments of things than I allow to show in my public life.

I don't really have time to sit down and write. But when I think of a melody, I call up my answering machine and sing it, so I won't forget it.

And I think it's true of any big organization... Bureaucracies and organizations make it hard to do the right thing sometimes.

All My Children' taught me a great work ethic; you work so hard on a soap opera!

I make no apology about stirring the depths - every human longs to swim under water and see what lurks beneath

What is education but a process by which a person begins to learn how to learn?

We can support Barack Obama because he's committed to putting America back to work with good jobs - and he proved it by saving the auto industry.

The contents of the glass don’t matter; what’s more important is to realize there’s a pitcher of water nearby. In other words, we have the capacity to refill the glass, or to change our outlook.