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" My family never went to a restaurant together; we never went to the movies together. Vacation, we never did that. "

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

" Norman Lear is my all-time, ultimate hero. He's an amazing man. That's one person I'm looking forward to meeting. What he did, with shows and sitcoms, he's my hero. "

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

" 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 was a very poor young black boy in New Orleans, just a face without a name, swimming in a sea of poverty trying to survive. "

" What I've learned is you treat women right. "

" I knew that love was around. I truly believe my mother loved me. But feeling it all the time? I didn't. "

" 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. "

" People see truth in my films. That's what they react to, and that's what they relate to. "

" 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 feel like I died as a child. "

" I want a lot of people to see my movies. More black people. More white people. I want to make that connection. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Being on the 'Alex Cross' set, and watching and learning about and paying attention to everything that was going on there, I realized, 'Here is a moment for me to learn.' "

" I work three months really hard, nonstop, and then I take a month off. Then I do it all over again. I work hard but I give myself four breaks a year. "

" I don't want to leave this planet until I achieve everything that I was put here to do. "

" There's a huge demand for my entertainment, and I can't meet the need. So I decided to try a TV show to reach as many of my fans as possible. "

" The idea of Christ's love for us all is inspiring to me. "

" It's a dream realized to partner with Oprah and bring scripted programming to OWN. She has accomplished so much with the network, and I'm excited to work with her to be a part of its continued growth. "

" 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. "

" I don't like popcorn, and I think it's so annoying when people have popcorn in the theaters. That is the loudest food. "

" I think there's something that happens at 40 where you settle into your own skin and you stop caring what people think - you realize life is a gift from God and you want to live it to the fullest. "

" I thank God I didn't become successful until I was older. "

" I've always wanted to work with Blair, and finally the timing was right. I have a tremendous amount of respect for him. I think he's a hugely underrated actor in Hollywood. "

" 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. "

" Tyler Perry's brand is faith, family and this whole thing that I've built, while my company, 34th Street Films, is like Disney's Touchstone. We can do anything. People don't know what to expect from me yet. "

" I've been doing television with TBS for quite some time, and it's been a great journey. "

" I've been on 'Oprah' a dozen times, and cried once. "