Always wake up with a smile on your face, because a lot of people who went to sleep last night are not with us this morning.

Don't depend on acting as your sole source of income. Work nights, so you can have your days off to attend auditions. Have something to fall back on. That's what my mother taught me, and it's critical in Hollywood.

So it was a thing that my mother always taught me to go for your goals and never give up no matter what they are, and I started believing that later on in life.

I really don't have favorites; I'm just a fan of movies, period.

I love acting it's apart of me and I try to put a little bit of myself in each of my roles.

I came up during that time when music, to me, was really music. It wasn't about talking about a woman and calling them a derogatory name or something like that. It was real music.

The government needs the help of industry. But the reality is companies will balance that against their own commercial interest in a very competitive market.