“My only ambition when I came to Hollywood was to pay my rent.”

I truly believe that empathy is the key to solving the majority of our environmental and social problems.

Helping our planet is not a one-person or one-country job.

I think anybody who’s famous has to deal with their fame in their own way.

So my mother set the foundation for my appreciation for nature and my empathy for other people.

I enjoy pumping iron, but I do try and get the yoga, ’cause it’s a nice balance to the weightlifting.

The problem to me with environmentalism is the idea that we’re all gonna die and we need to save ourselves.

Celebrities become divas because they get pampered so much, babied so much – then they get used to it.

I’m a filmmaker, I’m a storyteller, an entertainer, if you will, so what can I do to participate?

I use music really as a form of raw expression; escape from the real world.

In the new music landscape, with is the democratization of the internet and music in general.

It’s what we live for, to be able to make great illusions.

Understanding that which is foreign to you is fundamental to cultivating a sense of connection and unity with one another.

The problem with modern consumption and mass-produced products is they’re designed to just literally be shoved into our mouths and rushed.

Happiness doesn’t come from commercial success but from the quality of work that you give back to your immediate community.

I am happy to have success in the entertainment biz,

We can’t be naive and think we can go it alone.

This determines not only most relations between men and women but also the relation of women to themselves.

I think my dad is the only Arabic descendent who is an unsuccessful businessman.

I loved you long before you loved me. It’s the only thing i have you beat at, and i’ll bring it up every chance i get.

There was something unbearable in the things, in the people, in the buildings, in the streets that, only if you reinvented it all, as in a game, became acceptable.

Cham is the only thing to screw one up when one is down a peg.

The gospel is not only the way to enter the kingdom; it is the way to live in the kingdom.

Change is not only likely, it’s inevitable.

Christ’s resurrection not only gives you hope for the future; it gives you hope to handle your scars right now.