The turmoil that my dad went through, and then by extension, the kids went though, was profound and disastrous for the marriage, for the family.

I learned long ago to focus on things you can control and don't even pay attention to things you don't.

I have a lovely family who supports me and it's great.

With craziness, you can't predict it. There's very little defense you can have on craziness.

I think naturally, if you're an actor, there's a high level of assertiveness that you need to have to survive this business. There's boldness in being assertive, and there's strength and confidence.

You get addicted to emotions. Our endorphins kick in and it's like a high. On the low end you might love roller coasters. On the high end you might be a bank robber or something.

If you have a level of expectation in your life that you have to be a quote-unquote star, whatever that means, you might be setting yourself up for failure.

I think it's not a question of why, more a question of why not.

Take a chance. Take a risk. Find that passion and rekindle it. Fall in love all over again. It's really worth it.

If you work hard, you have a better chance of producing something that you're proud of. If you don't, you won't. It's really simple.

Every experience feeds an actor, and I've learned that depression is all around us.

We're all golden sunflowers inside.

I surround myself with things that make me happy. Why? Because ... it makes me happy.

Y'know, men and women are a lot alike in certain situations, like sitting on frozen peas after a vasectomy

An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.

It won't do to be afraid of failure. Failure is the mother of success

You are special individual.Nobody can be you.You can rise to a greater heights.

I think - particularly in terms of the destiny of Africans in North America - our destiny has also been shaped indelibly by global alliances.

It's hard to build community around mediocre and mundane writing.

God knows the mess we’re in when He calls us. His light shines greater through “cracked pots” than it does through those who have it all together.

I totally believe that art is an open dialogue and that it is not logical. It does not always make sense.