Whenever an actor was going to die, I tried to help them understand not to take it personally. It wasn't about them. It's the story..

We don't eat to live, we live to eat because that's a part of the creativity of the day..

Culture is the intersection between people and dealing with the journey of life itself. How to deal with life, how a people deals with life is litera….

Your actions are not in a vacuum. They impact other people. It may be in a way that's less obvious than in mainstream movies, but it comes to an unde….

Our thoughts are to the individual as our art is to the community..

I'm so thankful when I have a job. I would say the worst job I ever had was the one I quit after the first night. I was an overnight restaurant janit….

Art imitating life and life imitating art, and it's beyond the job - it will always be a marked period in my life..

We always see abhorrent behavior and say why, but then we get mad when somebody tries to answer..

New Orleans, more than many places I know, actually tangibly lives its culture. It's not just a residual of life; it's a part of life. Music is at ev….

I always wanted to be a journeyman actor. I wanted to be able to do comedy and drama, classical and contemporary. I like to do film and theater. And ….

Culture is the intersection of people and life itself. Its how we deal with life, love, death, birth, disappointment... all of that is expressed in c….

Whenever I go someplace I always buy something, collect something, to help me remember the trip. So I guess I collect mementos from my many travels..

When you're doing comedy on stage, it's great because you have the audience there and they're like another actor in the scene. You feed off of them, ….

One of the richest countries in the history of the world having communities where people have to go over half an hour to get to fresh produce and foo….

We always see abhorrent behavior and say why, but then we get mad when somebody tries to answer. Just to answer the question why does not say I'm val….

The whole idea of jazz came about was the interpretation of the human dialogue, trading fours. When someone's soloing and someone picks up the solo a….

People forget that art is not just a piece of entertainment. It is the place where we collectively declare our values and then act on them. That's on….

There's no greater honor, as an actor, to be a part of a project that changes lives, and awakens and enlightens and entertains..

Stories work, if they have a beginning, middle and end..

And that's what art is, a form in which people can reflect on who we are as human beings and come to some understanding of this journey we are on..

That is the heart and soul of the American dream, homeownership, the idea of being able to buy a house and start to build your family..