One of the real worries I had before the first season of 'Treme' aired was that, man, people in New Orleans really hold movie and television shows up to a high standard in how they depict the city.

Our thoughts are to the individual as our art is to the community.

That is the heart and soul of the American dream, homeownership, the idea of being able to buy a house and start to build your family.

We always see abhorrent behavior and say why, but then we get mad when somebody tries to answer.

The power of a sports team in a community it's almost indescribable.

And that's what art is, a form in which people can reflect on who we are as human beings and come to some understanding of this journey we are on.

Culture is the intersection of people and life itself. Its how we deal with life, love, death, birth, disappointment... all of that is expressed in culture.

One of the richest countries in the history of the world having communities where people have to go over half an hour to get to fresh produce and food is unacceptable.

There's no greater honor, as an actor, to be a part of a project that changes lives, and awakens and enlightens and entertains.

What thoughts are to the individual, art is to the community as a whole. That's where you reflect on who you are, who you hope to be, what you've gone through, and where you hope to go.

Art imitating life and life imitating art, and it's beyond the job - it will always be a marked period in my life.

I have this thing about friends and secrets. Sometimes when I meet a person I like, I tell them a secret they don't know me well enough to be told. It lets me judge their potential as a friend.

…praise does not make anything better or worse.

Unless in communicating with it one says exactly what one means, trouble is bound to result.

I am not sure whether ethical absolutes exist. But I am sure that we have to act as if they existed or civilization perishes.

As I got older, my voice got better.

Science is a set of rules that keep the scientists from lying to each other.

Prayer enables us to transform the world because it transforms us.

To be a healthy person, you have to be sympathetic to the child you once were and maintain the continuity between you as a child and you as an adult.

Nothing can seem foul to those who win.