“(The movie) is the story of my life, but it’s not about me. It’s about anybody who ever dreamed big and had someone tell them, ‘No, you can’t do it.’ You can.”

Wealth can also be that attitude of gratitude with which we remind ourselves everyday to count our blessings.

Strong people stand up for themselves. Stronger people stand up for others. The irony is that while sleep sometimes brings nightmares, it’s the reality of my waking hours that can cause me the greater fear.

Always, always pursue happiness.

The balance in your life is more important than the balance in your checking account.

We all understand genetics. You get your eyes from your dad, your mom’s nose, there’s nothing you can do about that. But your spiritual genetics you can choose, pick, embrace and commit to. That’s what I did.

People can’t do something themselves, they want to tell you you can’t do it. You want something, go get it.

Well, I really don’t want to be a high-powered corporate lawyer. I’m really passionate about painting.

One of the things young people always ask me about is what is the secret to success. The secret is there is no secret. It’s the basics. Blocking and tackling.

Baby steps count, as long as you are going forward. You add them all up, and one day you look back and you’ll be surprised at where you might get to.

Find something that you love. Something that gets you so excited you can’t wait to get out of bed in the morning. Forget about money. Be happy.

Do something that you love. Whatever you’re going to do is going to be tough enough. Find something that gets you so excited that the sun can’t come up early enough in the morning because you want to go do your thing.

But if you don’t take the necessary steps to make them happen, dreams are just mirages that mess with your head!

No one ever laid out the sequence of events that led to my mother being prosecuted and imprisoned for alleged welfare fraud.

If you have a dream, you’ve got to protect it.

The secret to success: find something you love to do so much, you can’t wait for the sun to rise to do it all over again.

There was a language specific to all things. The ability to learn another language in one arena, whether it was music, medicine, or finance, could be used to accelerate learning and other arenas, too.

Producing an animation series merely to fill time slots in the broadcast schedule is like generating cultural pollution.

I still like the run and gun action movies and how truly dangerous it can be to make these films.

I love music, and after my first experience with movies, I can’t wait to do more.

I would love to do a movie naked; it would be beautiful. No one dares make that kind of film today. They did it in the 1930s in an arty way, so why not now?

Every practice, every film session, every game will help our chemistry.

Hollywood is the most superficial thing you could possibly be a part of and if I weren’t attractive I wouldn’t be working at all.

I have a love interest in every one of my films – a gun.

Music is like film to me.