Debate is combat. Your weapons are words. In a debate there is a resolution. One team, called the affirmative team, argues for the resolution.

My mother used to tell me that 'man gives the award, God give the reward.' I don't need another plaque'

At the end of the day it’s not about what you have or even what you’ve accomplished. It’s about who you’ve lifted up, who you’ve made better. It’s about what you’ve given back.

At the end of the day it’s not about what you have or even what you’ve accomplished… it’s about who you’ve lifted up, who you’ve made better. It’s about what you’ve given back.

In Los Angeles everyone is a star.

I like talking. I like acting.

The only reason I’m acting in films I direct is to get the money to make them, quite frankly, it’s not what I’m interested in doing.

When you make a movie it’s always interesting, because you end up in places you never would as a normal visitor or tourist.

You don’t know when you’re being watched. That’s one of the weird things about celebrity. It’s my least favorite part of acting, celebrity.

I always think it’s not what we know that’s terrifying; it’s what we don’t know. That’s sort of pervasive with everything in life.