You might not have the things you want, but if you check carefully, you got all you need.

Really, you don't lose until you stop trying.

I get up every morning and say, 'Father, give me strength today, not strength so I can lift 500 pounds, but give me strength, Lord, so when I speak, my words might motivate, might inspire somebody, Lord, when they see me, let them see you. When they hear me, Lord, let them hear you. In your holy name I pray.'

It takes a smart man to play dumb.

NBC had a show called 'The Toughest Bouncer in America' that I did. But I told them I didn't like that term, 'bouncer.' To me, it's offensive. A bouncer likes to get physical, likes to put his hands on people.

You pity the fool because you don't want to beat up a fool! You know, pity is between sorry and mercy. See, if you pity him, you know, you won't have to beat him up. So that's why I say fools, you gotta give another chance because they don't know no better. That's why I pity them!

To have a comeback, you have to have a setback.

God is on my side, and that's all I need. I get up in the morning, I pray to God. I don't pray to the president, the governor, the mayor, no black caucus, no this and that. I pray to God, and that's the end of it.

My first role was in a Nativity play. My mom was playing Mary, and I was crying backstage, so she brought me out as Baby Jesus.

My mom never cared if I came home dirty from playing outside with my brother. If I got my dress muddy, or my jeans were ripped, or I got blood on something. But I think a lot of girls have a different experience.

I had a very liberal family.

I've done some sitcoms here and there, but nothing long term.

I think I'm more the method acting school.

You go on a million auditions anyway as an actor, and one out of a hundred, you get. It's a hard life, but you can't really think about it that way.

I feel like I go in on a lot of things that I want to be going in for.

Sci-fi fans are a different breed. They are so loyal, it's unbelievable. They've seen every sci-fi thing I've done, and then they started watching 'Homeland' because I was in it.

I'd like to think that every job and every step I've taken progressed more and more toward the career that I've wanted to have.

'Gotham' was something that just popped up for me.

It's rare that this woman gets to be in a superhero movie and not be the victim.

That's the charm of Deadpool. He's charmingly annoying, and he'll be the first to admit that.

My dad was a news editor for a Brazilian news station, and they had offices in New York and London.

I swim laps, which is nice because I'm weightless in the water.

It's incredibly fun as an actor to get to play different styles and different genres for completely different audiences.

I certainly am not doing nudity because I think lightly of it - I don't think it's something that one should just jump into without thinking about it.