My mother never gave up one me. I messed up in school so much they were sending me home, but my mother sent me right back.

I try to encourage actors to work harder off screen because that's where you find things.

We live in a time when people give up too easy.

Hate, hatred for yourself, for other people, will confine you, but love can set you free.

When my oldest boy was about 14, I started to talk to him about some of the mistakes I made in life, just to put a few dents in that shiny armor.

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

So you never know who you touch. You never know how or when you'll have an impact, or how important your example can be to someone else" (20).