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Make A Choice Of What You Want, Who You Want To Be And How You're Going To Do It. The Universe Will Get Out Of Your Way.

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A Human Being Having A Full Emotional Conversation With A Dog Is Funny, Innately. It's One Of Those Things Where You Get In A Scene And You Always Go For What Is The Best Joke, And A Talking Dog For Some Reason, Whatever He Says, Is Hilarious." (about His Role Wiht A Talking Dog In The Forthcoming Men In Black Sequel.

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Road To Success

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Hopes And Fears

For Me And My Storytelling And The Way That I Embrace Stories In The Way That I Embrace Characters, I Desperately Needed To Know That Everything Was Okay.

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When You Find Things That Are Tried And True For Millennia, You Can Bet That It's Going To Happen Tomorrow.

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Money And Success Don't Change People; They Merely Amplify What Is Already There.

I Just Think That The Gifts That God Has Given Me And The Attention That I Have, I Just Don't Feel Like Acting Is The Limit Of It. I Just Feel Like There's So Much More That I Could Do...and, You Know, Every Day I Wake Up And I Try To Do A Little More And I Just Want The World To Be Different And Better Because I Was Here.

When You're Talking To A Person, It Only Matters What They Are Perceiving. You Only Need Them To Perceive You As A Loving Husband. You Don't Necessarily Need To Be One. That's Always A Good Road, If You Actually Are One. But What People Are Perceiving Will Dictate What Their Life Is, And Ultimately What Your Interaction Is.

Never Underestimate The Pain Of A Person, Because In All Honesty, Everyone Is Struggling. Some People Are Better At Hiding It Than Others.

Correct Me If I'm Wrong, But Isn't Driving Around On A Bus And Having A Campfire Kind Of Adding To The Environment Problem?

Haters Are The People Who Will Broadcast Your Failures And Whisper Your Success.

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