Begging for acknowledgment, or even asking, diminishes dignity and diminishes power.

If it was something that I really committed myself to, I don't think there's anything that could stop me becoming President of the United States.

You've got to run your career. What happens is a lot of times artists have this talent and they're just looking for somebody to take it and do something with it. And you have to be the creative force.

The separation of talent and skill is one of the largest misconceptions in modern society. Talent is something you born with, but skill can only be attained through Hours and Hours of hard work perfecting your talent as a craft. Which is why Talent will fail you without skill.

What people are perceiving will dictate what their life and ultimately what your interaction is.

I want the world to be better because I was here.

I'm profoundly changed. There's a bittersweet emotion that I feel from playing this role. . . . I want the world to be different because I was here. However lofty or crazy or delusional that may sound, I want people's lives to be better because I was here.