"What I've learned is you treat women right."

"I'm not sure why no one wants to admit there's a viable audience out there that believes in God and wants to see a movie with their family. The demand is there. The supply is not."

"If you don't want my God here, you don't want me here either. God has been too good to me to go and try to sell out to get some money."

"Everyone can relate to love, hurt, pain, learning how to forgive, needing to get over, needing the power of God in their life."

"While Mayor Daley surprised me today with his decision to not run for reelection, I have never been surprised by his leadership, dedication and tireless work on behalf of the city and the people of Chicago."

"The world is full of willing people some willing to work, the rest willing to let them."

"Unless you're a big movie star, regular television work is going to bring you more exposure than anything. Everybody has a television; not everybody goes to the movies."

"You don't know what someone's going to walk away from a movie with, but you hope it's something positive, but if nothing, you want them most basically to be entertained and engaged. That's your job. But you also hope to give them something to chew on or maybe some insight into the human existence, you hope a little bit. Not to sound too lofty."