No apologies, no regrets.

I'm grateful for all the attention because it validates I'm doing something.

Don't forget who your heroes are, what they mean to you, and why they mean that to you.

Some say that Jesus is the rock, or the anchor. I say that your friends and family are your anchor. And you can REALLY hold their hands, not just sing about it. No disrespect to George Jones.

I started studying at 26. Before that, I never thought of acting as something that I would ever try.

One cannot deny that if a person has the energy to get you interested and excited, then that is half the battle won, like all the great leaders had this quality.

Criticism is a surreal state, like a good drug gone bad. When it's bad you wish it would stop, and when it's good, you can't get enough.

I’ve learned the most from Randy Harrison. Because of his fantastic imaginary world filled with bizarre friends. He is constantly giving us good advice.

You have to like your character, because if you don't, no one else will either.

My interests are not really with television, per se.

After I began to explore what an actor actually is, I studied for three years before I had the guts to go on an audition.

Laughter comes from living." I shrug, try to sound indifferent. "I've never really been alive before.

Love is the miracle of life.

Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.

The man who goes up in a balloon does not feel as if he were ascending; he only sees the earth sinking deeper below him.

The best hijab is in the eyes of the beholder.

A society must assume that it is stable, but the artist must know, and he must let us know, that there is nothing stable under heaven.

Always tell the truth, and take an interest in serving the people around you as much as possible.

At the desk where I sit, I have learned one great truth. The answer for all our national problems - the answer for all the problems of the world - come to a single word. That word is "education."

Time can turn a scab into a beauty mark.

It's become absolutely horrible the way the people with the money decide they can fart in the kitchen.