To be honest, all I wanted to do, all I ever, ever wanted to do - I just wanted to perform.

The difference between doing something and not doing something is doing something.

You'll always make mistakes and you'll miss the mark sometimes. That's inevitably going to happen, because the best people in the world make mistakes - even people who are brilliant.

Who puts strawberries in a salad? Seriously, is this a thing now? Is it a thing I don't know about? Is it an American thing? It can be. It's freaking me out.

Whatever it is, I just loved it and felt at my absolute happiest when I was performing for people. And if that's what you want from a job, then this is the best job you could ever do.

Funny is funny. And if it's good, it travels.

I guess I have a faith. I have an overriding feeling that all of this can't be for nothing. But then I also fully understand that it might be.

I sometimes have an over-confidence that can be viewed as arrogance.

I've always wanted to be in musicals, not just in film, but on stage. I think it's a wonderful medium.

Fondue is not a good date food. You end up with cheese dripping down your face.

Rap and dance is pretty much what I want to be known for.

Sometimes, to love people, I must completely avoid them. Sometimes, to be strong, I must completely fall apart. Sometimes, to create, I must completely destroy.

Love is the most valuable currency of life which you can spend as much as you want without the risk of bankruptcy.

Our actions in the present build the staircase to the future. The question is whether that staircase is going up or down.

The house you built can cave you in if you didn't do it right.

Our laws are a reflection of our culture. Our culture does not condone the torture of innocent and defenseless creatures. And we as a society believe all God's creatures should be treated humanely.

The real persuaders are our appetites, our fears and above all our vanity. The skillful propagandist stirs and coaches these internal persuaders.

All sorts of things in this world behave like mirrors.

When I have the choice to do something I don't want to do, I most often – most always – do it anyway.

The dream he needed most was the dream that frightened him more.

The same church members who yell like Comanche Indians at a ball game on Saturday sit like wooden Indians in church on Sunday.