“You are never too old to have a revelation.”

Give me something interesting to play and I’m happy.

People need to start to think about the messages that they send in the movies.

That’s your job as the actor, to understand the human part of the character, to make it real.

The better the actor, usually the safer you feel working with.

The best way to guarantee a loss is to quit.

Acting means living, it’s all I do and all I’m good at. If I weren’t getting paid well, I would still be acting in a small troupe somewhere.

The accident was a horrible thing – but that horrible thing made Chris, at the end of his life, Superman. It’s a happy irony if there is such a thing. I’m proud to have known him.

If you want to see a miracle, be the miracle.

I’m not one for blaspheming, but that one made me laugh.

Attacking people with disabilities is the lowest display of power I can think of.

You don’t know how much you appreciate your privacy until you don’t have it.

We all have our own insecurities.

Don’t be different just for different’s sake. If you see it differently, function that way. Follow your own muse, always.

If you’re not living on the edge then you’re taking up a little too much space.

I once heard a wise man say there are no perfect men. Only perfect intentions.

Life is meant to be lived to the fullest, no matter your age.

Sometimes I feel like I’m not solid. I’m hollow. There’s nothing behind my eyes. I’m a negative of a person. All I want is blackness, blackness and silence.

Our freedom is threatened every time one of our young people is killed by another child, every time a person gets stopped and beaten by the police because of the color of their skin.

Once we realize we are all members of humanity, we will want to compete in the spirit of love.

When you fight to honor racists, you show black Tennesseans and all of their allies where you stand, and you continue this cycle of hurt. You can’t change history, but you can change this.

We need to show the world that Black lives not only matter, but are valued, loved, supported, and celebrated.

The only way for prejudiced people to change is for them to decide for themselves that all human beings should be treated fairly.

Black women have always been friends. I mean, if you didn’t have each other you had nothing.

A mental health crises should not end in death.