Unfortunately, when you're an actor you're like 'Ah, if the only knew.'

I can be dramatic. I can be funny. I can be sexy. I can be sad. I can be glad.

A solid sense of self will help a person to lead a full and happy life.

I live a very joyful life, with a lot of laughter and good times.

I like movies that resonate, that give voice to the voiceless.

I'm definitely in a place where I'm looking for different than what I've done in the past, just so I can go to work and do something I haven't done before.

I am actually very in touch with all of my emotions, from joy to pain, and I am free with them.

I love seeing my mom and my daughter embrace their natural hair. I'm glad I've embraced it, too.

Hollywood is so governed by the ego, and I never wanted to fall into that trap.

Thankfully, I was given a strong base by my parents, an understanding of who I was and my strength.

Making 'Beloved' was an awesome experience.

If you gave someone your heart and they died, did they take it with them? Did you spend the rest of forever with a hole inside you that couldn't be filled?

Book collecting is a full-time occupation, and one wouldn't get far if one took time off for frivolities like reading.

Don't need a magic carpet to soar or wings to fly. I simply close my eyes and place my soul against the sky.

Believe not the existence of an emotion nobler than the compassion!

She wants another spin on the wheel of fortune? This was always my problem with her: I could never tell the difference between the feeling of love and the feeling of danger.

Better be too credulous than too skeptical

Growing up I played in garage bands and cover bands with my older brother, and he got us a gig opening up for some hippie jam band. I was 15. I felt like such an adult!

The universities will ask for money back so they can put their name on the side of a building without fully educating athletes .

It is Spiritually impossible to hide and see at the same time.

I think the governments need to encourage internet companies and convince them that they can be extremely profitable without necessarily spiraling out of control. Without becoming monopolist.