The value of a story isn't that it just has a narcotic effect. It's that it awakens something in you that makes you want to think, that makes you talk to other people, that stirs something that makes you examine the story that eventually turns into self-examination.

My God, my higher power. It's mine and mine alone. I create my connection and I decide how my connection is going to be.

The first time that I performed as an actor was the first day on the set of 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.'

I control every interaction with every human being I'm with. I can actually manage any situation with 98 percent of the people on Earth.

The things that have been most valuable to me I did not learn in school.

Our whole dream for our home was for it to be an artist's haven. So there are paint supplies; there's a piano with a microphone and a recorder right there to capture things right in the second. There's editing equipment. There are cameras. I think the only thing in our house that people would be surprised by is the efficiency.

You play a part in every aspect of your life going the way you want or not going the way that you want. It has very little to do with other people.