Our public schools need to be in the control of parents and the community, as opposed to businessmen who see the $23 billion budget as a means to giving no-bid contracts to their cronies.

I want to go up to the closest white person and say: 'You can't understand this, it's a black thing' and then slap him, just for my mental health.

Don’t ever let yourself surrender to writer’s block.

I want to live not for selfish gain, but for selfless devotion.

What do you think of allthis, darlin’? Will you be my soul mate?

I went to a Canadian college for performing arts and then I auditioned for Canadian Idol. That honestly was my golden ticket.

The self... is not an organic thing that has a specific location, whose fundamental fate is to be born, to mature, to die; it is a dramatic effect arising diffusely from a scene that is presented.

I never asked to be born in the first place.

After Skins I became mildly famous, which was a bit of a disaster.

In the gospel of Jesus, sincere and costly discipleship always accompanies genuine conversion. The gospel of Jesus teaches men that a mere profession of faith alone is no sound evidence of salvation.

I think acting can be very frustrating, and there's no experience that doesn't make you a better actor. So people may choose to explore their other talents.

You want the actors to disappear into roles and stay under the radar, and that gets harder when someone is known for their actual personality, or who they seem to be.