Chinua Achebe

One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.

A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership.

Presidents do not go off on leave without telling the country.

The blessing that this film business has given me is that when I walk into a school I automatically have everyone's attention. They want to hear what the guy from 'Con Air' and 'Desperado' has to say.

When I do my makeup, it kind of helps me get into the character that I'm trying to portray.

My feeling for reality TV isn't ironic, guilty, or apologetic. Reality TV is one of the few remaining modes of popular entertainment in which characterization is permitted as plot.