“Sometimes with people their work is the most important thing to them, ...” — James Spader Quote

Sometimes with people their work is the most important thing to them, and sometimes the work enables you to do other things that are more important to you. I probably am closer to that.

I pretty quickly move from an idea to possibilities for execution. If there's one advantage, I think, with working in television for even a short amount of time is trying to gain a faculty for processing a storyline or an idea and how to then best implement that and execute that as swiftly as possible.

I'm paid well and am demanding of the people I work with, and therefore, I feel I should bring a lot.

I know that one's visibility is very high on television, even with an unsuccessful show! With a successful role, it's even higher.

'Black-ish' is a show that has spoken to all different types of people and brought them closer as a community, and I'm so proud of the series.

The Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument may be distant from our shores, but it will help us understand how healthy marine ecosystems work and how we can revive troubled seas closer to home.

Why on earth do we want closer connection with England? We have little in common with English people except our language. We are fast becoming an entirely different people.

My failures may be my greatest successes. It is in failure that I have often drawn closer to God, learn to depend more on Him than myself, gained self-knowledge, and seen things in their right perspective.