"I like to discover little treasures in the cities we are in like a really amazing restaurant. I will go on my own and enjoy figuring out the ingredients as if I were making it at home, then I share my finds on my socials. I find that these little adventures bring me peace, because it is something I do when I am home."

“When I die, I will return to where I first came from. Back to the stars.”

“We need to be critical of the police and power structure, we need to stand back and solve these problems, and films need to point to that. There are too many stories that end happily and say very little about life.”

Source : Source: www.indiewire.com

“The difference between saints, forget-me-nots, and mountains, have to, have to, have to at a time.”

“America is a nation with many flaws, but hopes so vast that only the cowardly would refuse to acknowledge them.”

“Ive got a soft spot for really cheesy 1980s ballads by Pat Benatar and Foreigner. When I'm having my make-up put on at 6am and I need to be warmed up gently, it's always Ella Fitzgerald or Nina Simone.”

“Well, as you've said, we cannot expect the people of China not to want to progress, so if you have an opportunity to progress, to develop your economy to a world class economy, it's an aspiration that is natural and that, I welcome.”

Source : "Making Hisssstory: Samuel L. Jackson talks about 'Snakes on a Plane'". Interview with Jeff Jensen, ew.com. August 18, 2006.

“It is certainly true that whatever a man may do or say, the most significant thing about him is what he thinks; and significant also is how he came to think it, why he continued to think it, or, if he did not continue, what the influences were which caused him to change his mind .”

“This is real, this is your life in a song...this is country music.”

Source : "Country stars croon at the White House" by Karin Tanabe, www.politico.com. November 21, 2011.