The big thing I tell my kids is you have to control how you label things. It's very important to me they understand the power they have to create the lives that they want.

I believe that I can create whatever I want to create. If I can put my head on it right, study it, learn the patterns, and - it's hard to put into words, it's real metaphysical, esoteric nonsense, but I feel very strongly that we are who we choose to be.

The road to success is through commitment.

I try to connect to human emotion. I'm always looking for something primal, something really base that is beyond language, that people understand beyond language.

I'd rather live my life knowing that I'm not perfect than spend my whole life pretending to be.

The way I like to measure greatness is... How many people can you make want to be better?

Part of being an actor is almost self-hypnosis during those brief moments when the cameras are rolling. You want to actually believe you're Chris Gardner or Muhammad Ali.