I've never taken myself too seriously.

People are realizing that color has no bearing on what's known as brotherhood.

That word, fan, has always kind of bothered me.

I spend 90 percent of my time saying no, and my accountant yells at me for it, but when I started in this business, I wanted my career to have legs.

Whatever art form you're working in, it's crucial to see it clearly, to feel it clearly, and not to worry about the results, or how someone else will see it.

It's natural for any actor that segues into directing to be an actor's director. You know how to relate to the actors.

A lot of directors are overbearing and tend to make you doubt your instincts.

The world is as it should be.

People don't want to pay 8 or 9 dollars to go see a problem that they have in their life, on screen. They pay to get away from that. That's why they watch soap operas.

I like boxing movies. One of the hardest things for me to watch as far as boxing films, is the boxing. The actual boxing usually sucks.

There's show and there's business. Business is a whole other beat.

If someone saves your life, you develop a brotherhood, no matter what your race.

Boxing, for me, it's the beginning of all sports. I'm willing to bet that the first sport was a man against another man in a fight, so I think that's something innate in all of us.

You want to live your own life, but when you have fame, there are certain things you can't get away with.

Writing is the beast unto itself.

I believe success is preparation, because opportunity is going to knock on your door sooner or later but are you prepared to answer that?

The only way to ensure a film is going to sell is put Will Smith in it and you open it in 3,000 theaters and make sure we have all the top promotional spots in each venue.

I've never taken myself too seriously.

We were all Romans once, I guess.

People are realizing that color has no bearing on whats known as brotherhood.

If someone saves your life you develop a brotherhood no matter what your race.

The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.

Over time, my students have gotten richer and more educated.

Gerard and I pretty much share all parenting responsibilities, although I'm definitely the disciplinarian.

Writers such as Richard Powers and the late David Foster Wallace have shown the path to a newer generation of writers for whom all national boundaries are quaint curiosities.

My mother has rheumatoid arthritis. I don't want to lose the ability to jump up and walk across the room or move around with the energy I'm used to having. That's far more important to me than a wrinkle or two.

What happened in the missile crisis in October 1962 has been prettified to make it look as if acts of courage and thoughtfulness abounded. The truth is that the whole episode was almost insane.

You'd be surprised what you'd catch on my playlist.

Sometimes I haven't understood why he has done things and why things happened, but I know that God has a plan.

All the best performers bring to their role something more, something different than what the author put on paper. That's what makes theatre live. That's why it persists.

I try to go to the gym a few times a week, but I admit, I cheat sometimes, and sometimes I don't go as often. I usually do more cardio and little bit of weights.

So for you people who are filled with fear that I might someday be released: breathe easy, I don't see it happening.

I don't think 'Call Of Duty: Black Ops' sells 25 million plus copies and makes of a billion dollars because of their great storytelling. It's the multiplayer aspect of that type of game, where people get together to shoot each other and have fun. And it's very much gameplay; it's like 'Gran Turismo' or one of these racing games.

When I have the Bible memorised, then I'll be able to go and read a couple other books.

We must make every effort to neutralize this threat peacefully, but be ever mindful of the growing danger Iran poses not just to a safe and free America, but to our allies abroad.

Civility does not mean the mere outward gentleness of speech cultivated for the occasion but an inborn gentleness and desire to do the opponent good.

So I suppose poetry, language, the shaping of it, was and remains for me an effort to make sense out of essentially senseless situations.

Nowadays, what an award gives is a sense of solidarity with the poetry guild, as it were: sustenance coming from the assent of your peers on the judging panel.

I could have a roomful of awards and it wouldn't mean beans.

Be grateful for what you have while in pursuit of what you want.

I try to be feminine, yet intellectual and smart at the same time. You don't see enough of that.

If I hadn't become a celebrity, I'd probably be an alcoholic.

You go year to year and you can only control what you can control.

Cotton Owens was leading and daddy was second. They came up on me and I moved over to let them pass. Cotton went on, but daddy bumped me in the rear and my car went right into the wall.

The most important thing in life is, if you have a dream, I mean a real good dream, follow it.