When I was a child it was very clear what I was allowed to see and what I was not allowed to see and there was no discussion or option or negotiation. Whatever my mom said, that's what went down.

I was a late bloomer. I was a kinda shy little kid, definitely a child of the dark side. I wanted to play guitar and be in a rock band.

You could go to Estonia and there's probably an episode of 'Seinfeld' playing there. Television is a very powerful thing.

I was named after Yul Brynner because my mother had an infatuation with him. Who the hell names a Cuban kid Yul? Talk about a torturous childhood.

Led Zeppelin. Queen. Deep Purple. These were the bands I listened to. I still listen to them.

I acted when I was a real little kid. My mother was an actress in a Miami theater company comprised of actors from Cuba like her and I was the default kid.

When you're onstage with Chris Rock, anything can happen. He is one of the greatest comic geniuses we've ever seen.

My wife and I volunteer for the Guide Dog Foundation, and we have two giant labs.

I'm not a role model. I say parents should parent and monitor their kids.

It doesn't matter if the water is cold or warm if you're going to have to wade through it anyway.

Man’s guilt in history and in the tides of his own blood has been complicated by technology, the daily seeping falsehearted death.

No person is completely wicked, just as no person is perfect. We are all grey

So nigh is grandeur to our dust So near is God to man. When Duty whispers low Thou must The youth replies I can.

The worst forms of depression are cured when Holy Scripture is believed.

By and large, reporters and editors are devoutly secular and deeply distrustful of those who act on faith.

As far as a defining moment, that was a hugely successful and very busy time for me. 1975, 1976, 1977 - that whole time frame.

When young, one is confident to be able to build palaces for mankind, but when the time comes one has one's hands full just to be able to remove their trash.

And we meet, with champagne and a chicken, at last.

The more a human being in his worldview approaches the goal, the hegemony of love in a moral universe, the more has he become slipshod in the light of intellectual honesty.