Weight was never an issue with me.

I provide a little comic relief.

You take the quote from Sam Jackson about how he'll never work with a rapper, and I can understand where he's coming from because he says rappers can't act.

Independent films are where you really get to cut your teeth and have some fun and do the things that mainstream Hollywood doesn't want to do.

Tom Arnold and I, we have a huge firefight scene on top of a German tank. I get to shoot 50 caliber rounds. We shoot a helicopter out of the sky. That's the only fight I'm in.

Glenn Close is a living icon. You look at the work, and I think it's wild, because she thinks some of her best work was in Dangerous Liaisons and that's what I believe as well.

Set your heights more than what you see around you, see beyond.

I went to the High School for Performing Arts, and to Howard University on a talent scholarship.

Be ready for when your time comes, you will have that window of opportunity, so seize the moment and capitalise on it.

You say you're a comedian, you always have to be on guard.

It takes all sorts to make a world - saints as well as soldiers.

My arm began moving, turning the invisible crank of Death's music box. Somewhere inside, I didn't want the melody to end.

Everyone makes mistakes. If everyone fell into the sand after making a mistake we would never get anywhere. We'd all be washed away in the sea, lost forever. Do you understand?

[Magnus] held on to the boy, newborn in grave dirt and blood, and he wished that he had found him dead.

A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears.

It's never easy dealing with terrorists, but it must be done through a mixture of political, economic and administrative means.

I wanted to make a comment on the obsession with success and failure that we see a lot in America.

Then, as they stood there, struggling back and forth without avail, Eragon said in a low fierce voice, "I...see...you." A bright spark appeared in Arya's eyes, then vanished just as quickly.

On this International Day of Peace, let us dare to imagine a world free of conflict and violence

If you're associated with the Philadelphia media or town, you look for negatives. I don't know if there's something about their upbringing or they have too many hoagies, or too much cream cheese.

He that will sell his fame will also sell the public interest.