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

I'm starting to be a lot more comfortable with allowing people to decide for themselves and almost creating a situation that forces people to decide for themselves whether they like it or don't like it or agree with the character or disagree with the character.

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

I know how to learn anything I want to learn. I absolutely know that I could learn how to fly the space shuttle because someone else knows how to fly it, and they put it in a book. Give me the book, and I do not need somebody to stand up in front of the class.

I first wanted to be a comedian when I was six or seven and my dad showed me Laurel and Hardy's "Perfect Day" on tv.

A rapper is about being completely true to yourself. Being an actor is about changing who you are.

I don't want to be an icon. I want to be an idea. I want to represent possibilities.