I want to show how strong I am from my roots..

Stand-up comedy is the most relaxing thing I do. If I want to unwind and de-stress, I go out and do stand-up, often several shows in a night..

Sometimes you gotta do things that you don't really want to do. But you don't do them for money..

Now I also discipline myself to do things I love to do when I don't want to do them.

In college, you're kind of designing who you want to be. And I wanted to be a big reader..

Everyone has expectations. You just don't want to have them dashed, so you're quiet about them..

It's a weird curse, when you think about it. We're built for thought, and civilization, more than any other creature we've found. And all we really w….

I love the whole of California, I have places... my whole thing is with all the money I make, I just want to buy as many places in California as I ca….

I see what's behind everything the director wants to do..

Happiness is not a place - it is a direction..

Being Ecuadorian is, I don't want to say it's tough but it's... something special to me..

Some people love money and get into politics. If they love money so much, they should get into commerce, industry, or do whatever they want - it's no….

And it hurts so much to want something you can't have..

Society wants to categorize everything, but to me it's all African-American music..

If you surround yourself with the wrong people, if you surround yourself with people that constantly tell you how great you are and never tell you th….

You want the mystical understanding of the cosmos to feel compatible with a scientific understanding of the cosmos, like it extends our understanding….

You want magic to feel real..

Being rich is not about how much money you have or how many homes you own; it's the freedom to buy any book you want without looking at the price and….

I want the whole Christ for my Savior, the whole Bible for my book, the whole Church for my fellowship, and the whole world for my mission field..

When you get your first record deal, you will do anything, because you just want to sing..

If you want to have friends, you have to remember that nobody's perfect..