You pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud too. That's a part of it.

Man gives you the award but God gives you the reward.

The strongest, toughest men all have compassion. They're not heartless and cold. You have to be man enough to have compassion - to care about people and about your children" (217) - John Singleton "Oh Man, I've Become My Father

Acting, it's not my life, my children and my family, that's life. I'll get up every morning, God willing, for that.

I always think it's not what we know that's terrifying; it's what we don't know. That's sort of pervasive with everything in life.

I've always felt protected. That's the God's honest truth.

I'm older and wiser. So and now having segued into filmmaking I'm looking at [Ridley Scott ] and what he does in an entirely different way and I have respect for what he does and how he composes shots. So that was what was completely fascinating.