There is a challenge of doing something new. Sometimes you have to suspend whether you believe in yourself doing it and just give yourself over to the idea that they believe in you.

I do work too hard sometimes, but my mom is such an inspiration. She tells me to 'chill out' and not take things so seriously. She will say: 'Go and have a massage.'

Real artists take the misery and sadness of life and translate it into art.

I play a lot of basketball.

I was raised by a single mother.

To me, there's nothing greater than making people laugh.

I grew up as a really sick kid; I had really bad childhood asthma and was at home all the time in New York.

It doesn't matter what you look like really though, it is who you are that matters of course.

I mean, the great thing about being an actor is you can investigate parts of your brain that might have otherwise gone dormant.

Inherently, making a movie is tough because there's so much anticipation when it happens - even if everything goes well.

I think whether you're a movie critic and have seen a million movies, or you're just a normal popcorn movie watcher, you can tell the difference when someone is just laying it on too thick.

Like a carpenter with two broken legs at the bottom of a beautiful staircase. Maybe I can't climb the stairs, ma'am, but at least let me admire the workmanship.

No woman ever falls in love with a man unless she has a better opinion of him than he deserves.

It's a complicated relationship with a guitar. I love the Bullet, for sure.

I always wanted to play against the best.

It is only through the home that a people can become really good and truly great.

A human being always acts and feels and performs in accordance with what he imagines to be true about himself and his environment.

The only reason I started swimming was for water safety. Then, once I started falling in love with sports, I got more comfortable with it.

I spent more time in a van then in my mom's womb.

See-through goes with everything.

I'm trying to be a professional singer. ... I've never been given the chance before. But here's hoping it'll change.