My experience in the music industry made me very thick-skinned. Your art is something very personal and there's never a shortage of critics when it comes to art.

One of my biggest lessons in life is, we heal at the speed of our forgiveness.

I'm one of those people for whom success is one thing, but significance is another. If I can have both, I'm living the dream.

My goal in life is to bring to the screen really believable depictions that make you think, "Damn, I have to look within myself."

I learned early in life that laughter is a great way to diffuse and uncomfortable situation, so I began to use that as a tool, throughout my life.

Education, introspection, self-love and excellence are the only ways to overcome the wrath of ignorance

An unresolved past erodes beauty in the present.