To want not to want, you'll tie yourself in knots. So this is why the Tibetans always say, just relax the mind and open.
When you're a drama student, I think the most you hope for is to make a living out of acting.
I've been acting for many years, and the more you do, the more confidence you get about "this is my career and this is what I'm going to be doing. "
Being a son of the pastor, I was never allowed to play Joseph or any of the big parts for political reasons.
One of the big parts of my decision-making process is knowing that when you're signing up for something, you're signing up for multiple seasons, should it be successful, and in theory, you want it to be successful, but you also want to be doing something that you're enjoying.
We're characters not of this world, so our knowledge about stuff, that other character's don't have, is quite fun.
Trying to find a human side to the character is a way to give them a chance to have people like them.
The architect should strive continually to simplify; the ensemble of the rooms should then be carefully considered that comfort and utility may go hand in hand with beauty.
Don't eat any foods you've ever seen advertised on television.
I never try to be religious. I never try to be any type of religious cat. Spiritual, yes, but religion, when you get into that you get into a category where you lock yourself in and people look at you a certain way and then they become that way. Nah, I'm still an MC, I'm an MC first. People try to figure out my origin, at the end of the day it's just clever songs.
Be the buffalo. Wilma Mankiller, the first female principal chief of the Cherokee nation, once told me how the cow runs away from the storm while the buffalo charges directly toward it—and gets through it quicker. Whenever I'm confronted with a tough challenge, I do not prolong the torment. I become the buffalo.