When you go into a starring position and you're carrying a movie, it's important that people like it. So I only do things that I can connect with in some sort of way, or that I can identify with.

You can't have a conscience in the pimp game.

I've always wanted to do right in life. But the wanting and the doing aren't quite the same thing.

As far as I'm concerned, there's no job more important on the planet than being a mom.

Look, if you're driving down the highway at 120 miles an hour, I'd rather be behind the wheel than in the backseat.

For me, family always comes first I would do anything to protect them.

Having two daughters changed my perspective on a lot of things, and I definitely have a newfound respect for women. And I think I finally became a good and real man when I had a daughter.

All that running around in my underwear put money in my pockets. I can focus on working in interesting movies without having to worry about supporting myself.

It's all about love and how we are all connected.

If I can start my day out by saying my prayers and getting myself focused, then I know I'm doing the right thing. That 10 minutes helps me in every way throughout the day.

Well, I would love it if they could take all the guns away. Unfortunately, you can't do that so you hope that good people in the world have them to protect the people who can't protect themselves.

The point of dreams was never to be the affordable option, it was the one everyone else saw as a mistake and every creative person saw as an opportunity.

Abundance in life comes from generosity.

Often during writing, I am compelled by OCD to delete and rewrite a word or sentence over and over again.

Without passion, all the skill in world won't lift you above your craft

It makes no difference if I burn my bridges behind me - I never retreat.

The main insight learned from interdisciplinary studies is the return to specialization

I myself have known some profoundly thoughtful dogs.

As any war veteran will tell you, there is a vast difference between preparing for battle and actually facing battle for the first time.

Human relations just are not fixed in their orbits like the planets -- they're more like galaxies, changing all the time, exploding into light for years, then dying away.

Everybody is vulnerable to being in relationships where they get fooled. I'm no different. It's just human nature.