Talent you have naturally. Skill is only developed by hours and hours and hours of beating on your craft.

Being realistic is the quickest path to mediocrity

I've never really viewed myself as particularly talented. I've viewed myself as slightly above average in talent. And where I excel is ridiculous, sickening, work ethic. You know, while the other guy's sleeping? I'm working. While the other guy's eatin'? I'm working. While the other guy's making love, I mean, I'm making love, too. But I'm working really hard at it.

You have to create something in a way that has direction, that it has vision, and then your partner will take it and figure out whatever their expertise is.

Sitting in the movie theater watching "Star Wars," I've never had an experience with any form of entertainment that was like that. It was almost spiritual. I couldn't believe that someone's mind created that. And, right, it felt like George Lucas had a piano that was playing my emotions, and he could go ahead and do whatever he wanted and make me lean forward if he wanted, or he could make me go oh, or he could make me hide my face.

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

Well, all I know is what I read in the papers.