I've worked with children all my life.

Got to be who you are in this world, no matter what.

I try not to think about that [getting Oscar] ahead of time. You just try to do the best work you can, and then you get the movie out there, and we've been hearing good things. But you never know, you don't want to get too high, and you don't want to get too low.

Don't be afraid to fail big, to dream big.

You'll never see a U-Haul behind a hearse. ... Now, I've been blessed to make hundreds of millions of dollars in my life. I can't take it with me, and neither can you. It's not how much you have but what you do with what you have.

I believe in God. I don't fear man, I fear God.

Be careful what you ask for because when you pray for rain, you have to deal with the mud as well.