Sure, being good at your job is really important, but in acting, so much of the decision's already made the minute you walk in the room because they're like, 'His hair's good or she's got the right skin color' or whatever. It's so random, but it's so physically oriented.
I can be pretty persuasive if I believe in something strongly enough.
In 2002 Mom and I got a chance to act together in a play called 'Pitching to the Star,' with her brother, Robert Lipton. The three of us on the same stage - that was such a special experience for me.
Spy plots are hard, really hard.
I am definitively qualitative about work.
As much as my parents are part of Hollywood, I have no recollection of them giving me advice about it.
I know my mom said as early as she can remember letting me watch TV, my one treat a week when I was like 6 was to stay up and watch 'Saturday Night Live.'
My mother and I are more than best friends; we are partners in crime. After she and my father, Quincy Jones, separated when I was 10 years old, my sister, Kidada, who was 12, went to live with our dad, and I stayed with my mother.
Comedy is like music, and the way to make the best music is to have skilled musicians in your band.
I love guys and the way they think; they're so straightforward - and women can learn from that.
I'm terrified of performing live.
Timing is everything with relationships.
I think you make mistakes, especially in your twenties, where you date guys you wouldn't even be friends with - ever.
Mom is the most unconditionally loving person I will ever know, and she has always supported me on every level.
I love going to weddings.
Men do weird things when they experience fear. It's like a fight-or-flight thing.