Whenever I have a play or opening or anything going on in my career, my parents always come up and see it.

My goal has always been to try to live up to every ounce of my potential. For me, that means working with the best people and working with the best material.

It's not every day you get to be in a movie about Jackie Robinson, so you want to do it as right as you can.

I think that a man should not be shy; you should say what you really think and feel - put it out there.

When I was confronted with official tuition, the academic thing, I could see no relationship whatever between that and the music I'd been writing since I was 11.

As an actor, you always want to reach back to being a child and having the spontaneity and the imagination of a child.

Education is the foundation for all we do in life, it shapes who we are and what we aspire to be. Creativity fuels innovation, and it's what all states should strive to instill in the next generations.

Independent film is almost nonexistent right now, because all the distributers that used to love to put out these little art films are all out of business right now, because it costs so much to open a movie.