Before speaking, consult your inner-truth barometer, and resist the temptation to tell people only what they want to hear.

When I was asked to make the film, I decided that it was like taking on a new career at the age of sixty-eight. I've never acted before. And taking direction is not something I'm very good at. I've always known who I am and what I was going to do, and I've always just done it.

Life is all about learning and one of the most memorable ways of learning something is by messing up.

I did have a lot of lack, but I never experienced it. I grew up in the east side of Detroit, in an area where there was very little, except for a lot of scarcity, poverty and hunger. Even growing up in an orphanage, I never woke up saying, "I'm an orphan again today, isn't this terrible? Poor me."

The fact that you are willing to say, 'I do not understand, and it is fine,' is the greatest understanding you could exhibit.

Whatever I fight weakens me. Whatever I cooperate with strengthens me.

You've been provided with a perfect body to house your soul for a few brief moments in eternity. So regardless of its size, shape, color, or any imagined infirmities, you can honor the temple that houses you by eating healthfully, exercising, listening to your body's needs, and treating it with dignity and love.