The world is still very bigoted.

A girl told me my lips looked like somebody had pressed strawberry yogurt against my face.

Isn't it so weird the day you wake up and you're just going with the flow? And you just suddenly are a mom.

I was putting so much time and energy into just my work, but I was raised [to believe] that family comes first.

Guys are kind of retarded until they're about 30.

I was the youngest child and really spoiled. I loved to play make-believe. I loved pretending to be all kinds of different people and it just seemed natural that I would go into acting.

I haven't been to rehab, I don't do anything eccentric - I'm really boring.

I'm the most uncoordinated clumsy, klutzy person. I always had a bruise, I always tripped and fell.

I like going on location for films.

Adoption has been a part of my life and a part of my family, so it was how I wanted to start. It felt natural and right to me.

I decided I was sick of trying to figure out what everybody else wanted, and I should just decide what I want, and be honest, and not spend all my time guessing.

Luckily, I always travel with a book, just in case I have to wait on line for Santa, or some such inconvenience.

It’s really kind of… well, beautiful, in a way. Even the monsters, once you get to know ‘em. We’re all beautiful.

There was a young lady named Bright, Whose speed was far faster than light; She set out one day In a relative way, And returned on the previous night.

Followers of another political party tell us that we will strengthen ourselves by ignoring our history, our traditions, our mythologies, our culture and vision, and by following the American way.

I want to direct $10 billion to create a make it in America partnership to support American manufacturing.

The cuter the boy, the mushier your brain.

To know how to wonder and question is the first step of the mind toward discovery.

The scene was set. All that was required was an action, a cold start, instant and brutal as beginnings always are.

There are weaknesses that you have to understand and it takes a lot of discipline for the players to be able to play it effectively and have confidence in what they're doing.

Thank you, God, because I am lucky. Also let's face it, it turns out I'm black. And I'm having a career quite different from lots of people, so I feel doubly lucky.