Stage is really hard work. You've got to do it every night. Not like doing it once and walking away.

Fatigue, discomfort, discouragement are merely symptoms of effort.

People need to start to think about the messages that they send in the movies.

If you look back on your life and where you started from it's like looking back down a mountain back to the desert floor. It's like now I can't believe I had whatever it takes or perceived whatever it took to get here.

I'm not intimidated by lead roles. I'm better in them. I don't feel pressure. I feel released at times like that. That's what I'm born to do.

I was raised in Mississippi, so heat and humidity is my bread and butter. It keeps me going. I can't stand cold weather.

I was always ambitious. I always wanted to be more than I was....I always wanted to be a movie actor.