I need privacy. I would think that because what I do makes a lot of people happy that I might deserve a little bit of respect in return. Instead, the papers try to drag me off my pedestal.

I think it's important never to look a gift horse in the mouth, never to overlook your talents [and] what you're good at.

Risk being seen in all of your glory.

I got a lot of support from my parents. That's the one thing I always appreciated. They didn't tell me I was being stupid; they told me I was being funny.

You are the vanguard of knowledge and consciousness; a new wave in a vast ocean of possibilities.

Don't worry if you miss your cue, because there's always doors opening. They keep opening.

The money can be a hindrance to someone like me because the danger is that you start thinking, 'Is that a $20 million take?' That kind of thing, and being self-critical.