Don't ever let someone tell you that you can't do something. You got a dream, you gotta protect it. When people can't do something themselves, they are going to tell you that you can't do it. You want something, go get it. Period.

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.

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

The execs don't care what color you are. They care about how much money you make. Hollywood is not really black or white. It's green.

You might have more talent than me, you might be smarter than me, you might be sexier than me, you might be all of those things you got it on me in nine categories. But if we get on the treadmill together, there are two things: You're getting off first, or I'm going to die. It's really that simple, right?

I work from almost a dangerous place in my mind sometimes.

You can create whatever you want. You just have to know what you want and take the opportunities as they come your way. We are who we choose to be.