Being a vegan is pretty easy these days, as almost every town and city has health food stores and vegetarian-friendly restaurants.
I find that all great directors, and I would include Ben Affleck and Clint Eastwood in that, they have great confidence. And with great confidence comes great freedom for the actor.
My church has a health and fitness ministry to encourage our members to take care of spiritually and physically; how could I not?
In January of 1995, my family and I moved to Seattle. Pearl Jam did the first of their live radio broadcasts, Monkey Wrench Radio, along with many other Seattle musicians.
There is no better feeling in the universe, other than being married and having a family, than standing on stage behind a piano and having 5,000 people waving at you. You cannot bottle that.
I'm from a Cuban family, so we're used to talking really loud. You come to a Cuban restaurant anywhere in Miami, and we're practically screaming at each other.
I was so enamored with the idea of being in show business so everything was bright to me. I mean, I didn't think of it as being tough and things like that.
The press is like any business. It's a group of really intelligent individuals that ends up being one slathering, one-eyed, drooling monster.
The business today is completely different and it's very producer driven, so that a songwriter needs to have producing chops, be a singer/songwriter, or find a singer to develop.
I think it would be a good thing in the creative community if there was less embarrassment of this word 'commercial' because that's how you make a business.
We're losing track of the vastness of the potential for computer science. We really have to revive the beautiful intellectual joy of it, as opposed to the business potential.
I think you need a really strong businessperson running the state, a person who's used to turning negatives into positives, which is what happens in business.
If you are a musician and you don't show any interest on the business level then you are actually vulnerable and people will rip you off. They will sweet talk you into anything.
When you want to move somebody, you have to say to yourself: 'I'm in the emotional transportation business. I gotta move them, emotionally.'
Sustainability includes how you run your business, and my bottom line includes how you treat your people. Sustainability starts with your staff.
I am proof that one person can rise above any challenge, and if I can, then so will others if they are given the chance.
There's a lot of potential that goes unused in places like South Central L.A., a lot of brilliant, smart people who just don't have that chance to show it.
I went to Howard University and majored in Film Production and minored in Acting. I turned down an opportunity to go pro in Track & Field to do this - I took a chance with this.
There's nothing more exciting for an actor than a chance to lose, to be someone who has lost - especially if it's someone who starts off with a veneer of control. To be broken is wonderful.
I find it next to impossible to remain politely silent when people prate to me about the glory of being given another chance to live happily ever after!
I think my thing is I grew up in the ghetto, and I was able to get a second chance. That's what I'm trying to tell kids.
