Every day set the simple goal of trying to be more awake and less distracted.

That was never my intention to compete with the Oscars.

I'm really not an angry vegan, but human beings are f***ing rude.

I think Hollywood is incredibly segregated. I've never seen any place like it.

I think the artist's job throughout history has been to tell - to say things that people are inspired by.

[T]here's nobody Black in charge of anything in Hollywood.

The word mantra comes from two Sanskrit words man, ("to think") and tra ("tool'). So the literal translation is "a tool of thought." And that's how mantras are used in Buddhist and Hindu practices, as tools that clear your mind of distractions. Because when you focus on repeating that mantra over and over again, soon the noise will die down and all you will hear is your inner voice.