Whenever I have tried to write for other people, that's when my writing has failed, when nobody wanted to read it or buy it. But it's only when I've been able to write a story that makes me excited,...

I've been around comedians that try their bits around you. I hate that.

There was a danger when I was in So Solid and we made '21 Seconds.' But we're just showing a slice of life.

I am not looking to maintain an image.

The sad thing is that apparently if you want to become the next Premier or the leader, suddenly you've got to shut down your human side.

I don't think that independent or off-beat films are not commercial, nor do I want to categorise them. At the end of the day, what matters is how much you compromise to please the masses. But, I am...

I don't want my daughter to grow up and feel like she has to try that hard to get people to accept her.

Write something beautiful and honest and that makes you very proud.

I remember, in my first show in New York, they asked, 'Where is the Indian-ness in your work?'... Now, the same people, after having watched the body of my work, say, 'There is too much Indian...

I have the best people around me. None of them have ever been on the radio. They're all such great people, and I found that I was able to be a better person when I was doing the radio show. It kept me...

Sometimes it's all about hype, and I didn't want hype.

You can tell when somebody's authentic about what they're saying.

There's never going to be a great misunderstanding of me. I think I'm a little whacked.

I hate running. I know I'm curvier - I know I'm small, but I'm not ripped. But I make a choice to be that way. I realize my arms aren't as toned as Halle Berry's but I don't want them to be.

I hate being safe. There's a lot of easy rides and boring films out there, but I've stuck to my guns. It's not an easy path.

Why would people want to take advice from a group of people who pretend to be other people for a living?

When people ask me a personal question, I answer it in a personal way. I can only speak from the footsteps and the shoes that I've walked in.

Eight times a week, I got to be a gay man, a remarkable gay man, and every night, that felt as full, as true, as passionate, and as authentic as I ever felt in my life.

For a book to function... it has to be a functioning reality. The character has to be real, and I imagine that's exactly what happens for a spy who is in deep cover.

I won't sing if I don't feel it, so there's always so much sadness and so much sentiment behind it all.

I am not a fancy cook or an ambitious cook. I am a plain old cook.

You don't necessarily need a script or actors to tell a compelling tale. Finding a person at a key moment in his life and rendering the truth as you see it - that's the truest form of drama.

I think I'm very blunt and very honest.

A woman should be less concerned about Paris and more concerned about whether the dress she's about to buy relates to the way she lives.

I just do whatever I do, and put it out there without tryin' to cater to anybody. If you like it, you like it.

Either I choose to behave or live a life of someone else, or I choose to be myself and live the life the way I want.

It's hard if you start believing that you should be really that perfect fantasy ideal, that people start believing because of all of the retouching. You can delve into that fantasy world and play with...

I'm Muhammad Ali's daughter, but my father and I are very different in that area. I don't necessarily try to put on a show. That's what my father's thing was, and he was great at it. Everything I say...

If I'm gonna tell a real story, I'm gonna start with my name.

I couldn't be in a relationship and behave like somebody else or pretend I felt something I didn't feel. And that includes saying things I thought might jeopardize the relationship.