My mother's in my life, but at the time you imagine your mom passing away, not being there ... as a kid you try to think of something that hurts you the most ... It was just a tool [in "Hardball"].

I'm a tropical weather cruiser. I like surfing, you know. I like being on the beach.

I'm definitely a lover, but I fight when I have to - for something or someone.

As human beings, why does it take somebody to feel like they're close to us for us to see their humanity? Why can't we see the humanity in people that are distant from us?

Do as much homework as you can. Learn everybody's job and don't just settle.

Don't pretend to know everything. I've been blessed to work with a lot of veteran actors, and I soak up lessons from them like a sponge.

You know, you can try and plan [filming] as much as you want, but you get there on game day and you get thrown a curve ball, I guess, hey, the game plan goes out the window. You've got to adapt.

Sometimes you gotta go with your first instinct. You gotta go with your gut. That's kind of how I live my life, you gotta go with your gut.

Just us as people, we're different around different people and in different environments.

I think redemption is about righting a wrong, and in that pursuit it's about trying. You can stumble, you can make mistakes, but it's about trying to do the right thing.

As an actor, you always dream of having material that showcases what you can do.

I am nothing more than the consequence of catastrophe.

Books are the ultimate Dumpees: put them down and they’ll wait for you forever pay attention to them and they always love you back.

Starlets were always turning up dead in people's pools. They fished them out like goldfish. Nobody seemed to find it unusual that so many young, beautiful women wanted to die.

I live by four simple words. Love. Being. Here. Now.

Gratitude gives infinite fullness of life.

Wishes and wants do not transform a person

People and events of wonder and magic are the lifeblood of the world.

Having a secure border is a sovereign right and mutually beneficial.

The older we get, the more Jewish we become in my family.

You probably became a musicians because you're into it so stay that way. Don't believe that someone else has the golden ticket for you because they don't.