I guess John Wayne would be one. I just respected the way he acted.

I guess John Wayne would be one. I just respected the way he acted.

I'm no where as tough as my father. I really think that I am more open to change than he was.

My dad was very successful running midgets in Texas. Then, his two drivers ran into some bad luck. People started saying that Daddy had lost his touch. That it was the cars and not the drivers. I wanted to race just to prove all those people wrong.

You get out in front you stay out in front.

We cannot selectively numb emotions when we numb the painful emotions we also numb the positive emotions.

The more poetry you have in the head, the more poetry you will understand because you will be getting to the roots of what it is that makes people write poetry at all.

They look for the top note to end every song. They don't know what they are singing about. There is no style.

One day, I looked up and saw I had an extensive resume and saw how I did that and did not realize it because you are constantly working and trying to build a body of work.

Don't worry about what the people say; be yourself, say what you want to say with respect.

Maybe I need to make a change, or maybe it's living here in New York or using social media or working in media and entertainment, but I feel like I'm constantly trying to maintain this sense of, 'Why do I do what I do?'

There have been many times when you spend a number of months and the finished product is not what you wanted to see. And 'Batman Begins' was what I wanted to see.

Yoga has been the best tool for managing stress and life's challenges. Everything from my studies to my father's death was eased by my practice of it.

For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return.

I started taking my fiance, Justin, to some red carpet events I would go to, and a bowtie is often something that was required. We came across a lot of stylish bowties. We liked playing dress up for these events and we thought it would be fun to start a line, but it was never a reality until recently.

Patents are basically rights to try and develop a commercial product.

There was something special about watching a manager and umpire both convinced they were totally right, but knowing that one had to be wrong. As an ump, those moments made my job fun, and getting 'nose-to-nose' was part of my job description.

Atlanta is an incredibly cool city.

The elements that create glamour are not specific styles - bias-cut gowns or lacquered furniture - but more general qualities: grace, mystery, transcendence. To the right audience, Halle Berry is more glamorous commanding the elements as Storm in the X-Men movies than she is walking the red carpet in a designer gown.

So what I'm trying to say is from a musical aspect for anybody to say that whatever they're doing in Florida is not Hip Hop or whatever they're doing in LA is not Hip Hop, who are these people to say that?

I had done Shrek as a Canadian and I'm very proud to be Canadian, but I knew I could give more to it.

As long as I have the talent and there's a demand for the old Chinese man - whether he's a philosopher, or a master, or an old-time restaurant owner, or a villain, or a so-called good guy - I will always be working.

I have always loathed working out.

Growth is an erratic forward movement: two steps forward, one step back. Remember that and be very gentle with yourself.

The admiral, or commander in chief of a squadron, being frequently invested with a great charge, on which the fate of a kingdom may depend, ought certainly to be possessed of abilities equal to so important a station and so extensive a command.

The predominant quality of successful people is optimism.... Your level of optimism is the very best predictor of how happy, healthy, wealthy, and long-lived you will be.

There are always new, grander challenges to confront, and a true winner will embrace each one.

People think that there is a country there that these people are only around when they are on CNN. I don't think that's limited to Haiti.

I believe strongly in the power of arts education to engage and empower young people.