Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" I've always believed in God, from the time I was very, very young. I always knew there was something with me, not necessarily knowing what to call it. "

Related Quotes:

" Forgiveness is important in families, especially when there are so many secrets that need to be healed - for the most part, every family's got them. "

" I'm not sure why no one wants to admit there's a viable audience out there that believes in God and wants to see a movie with their family. The demand is there. The supply is not. "

" I didn't want to be the kind of man that my father was. So I've tried, my entire life, to be the complete and utter opposite of that. And it has served not only the art well, but I think the audience well. "

" Don't believe the hype. I don't care how many number ones you have at the box office, I don't care how much they say you're great, don't believe it. Just stay in your lane and do what you're supposed to do. "

" I've been trying to learn to ski for years, but there's something about being 6-foot-5 and falling that's not appealing. "

" Statistics say that I'm supposed to be in jail. And I'm not supposed to be alive. "

" The heart of who I am as a person and as a man is forgiveness, after forgiving my father for a lot of things that were done when I was child. "

" You can never be upset with the people who forced you into your dream or up higher. "

" The most important thing that I learned in growing up is that forgiveness is something that, when you do it, you free yourself to move on. "

" I'm not interested in doing 'Star Wars.' It's an amazing movie, but that's not my gift. I tell the stories that I tell that relate to the people who love what I do. That is the place and the path that I know I am supposed to be on. The minute I try and go do something else, it will be amazing to watch how quickly that don't work. "

" Oprah is very, very, very special to me. She's an amazing woman. "

" When I was a kid, I had asthma, so I would have to take cod liver oil all the time. So anything fishy that reminds me of that taste, I can't eat. I love Chilean sea bass because I don't taste it there. But salmon? No, no, no. "

" I love a good breakfast - grits and eggs, French toast, turkey bacon. My grandmother on my father's side used to make tea cakes, and her breakfasts were unbelievable. There was fresh ham, and she would go out to the yard to get fresh eggs. She lived in rural Louisiana, and we'd spend summers with her. "

" We are all allowed to support whoever we'd like to in this country. That's the greatest part about being an American - one of them, that is; you know what I mean? "

" I'm not a social media person; I don't know what's going on unless somebody tells me. "

" I am an architect at heart. I designed every home I've ever had, plus my studio. "

" I think it's important to show a husband and a wife together, in a room, raising children, because you don't see that anymore. "

" What do you spend $200 million on, with a film? I can't wrap my brain around that one. "

" The Bible says that all things work together for the good of those who love the Lord and are called according to his purpose. I believe that. Because I've seen it all work. "

" If you don't want my God here, you don't want me here either. God has been too good to me to go and try to sell out to get some money. "

" As a member of the Feeding America Entertainment Council, I recognize our mission to spread the word and rally the country in the fight to end hunger. "

" Seven years after my mother's passing, I still reach for the phone for a split second to call her. We spoke every day. "

" All my life I've tried to hide my height. I was taller than everybody else and stood out, so I would slouch and try to hide it. "

" I get a lot of flack from critics that my comedies are all over the place, my dramas are all over the place, they're schizophrenic - as if I don't know that! "

" You know, people at Wal-Mart are standing there with their uniforms on. I feel like I'm putting on a uniform to do a movie. I don't feel like it's dressing in drag. "

" When black women are down with you and in your corner, you have an ally that will move Heaven and Earth. "

" You don't try to do anything that Morgan Freeman does. He was the voice of God in a movie. That's Morgan Freeman! "

" If you haven't forgiven someone, it does not hurt that person. They're sleeping at night. You're holding onto that, and all the damage is being done to you internally. "

" I feel like I died as a child. "

" There are a lot of people who have dreams, goals, and hopes, but there aren't a lot who get to see them realized. "